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On Tue, 2007-08-14 at 11:22 +0100, james kilty wrote: > It tells me I do not have permissions to write to the folder > (even though I did so yesterday to the blank disk). In > properties>permissions it tells me file owner is root. Attempting to > change user to root, it does not recognise my password, even though I > use it routinely for updates. > Hi James I hesitate to mention this as it is rather simple (probably too simple). However I have noticed with Ubuntu that if I do not log in as the "original" user (the one who installed the system) I have only limited access to some resources. I can not remember if this includes sudo. Peter -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html