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Arun_Sreenivas_727 : 14/05/08 08:35 PM : Incident created -   (1) I installed mandriva linux on my windows system as dual booting. A new user is creatd. But I dont have permissions to write on hard drives and pen drives. I shows that only 'owner' can do that. How can I overcome that? How can I get the permissions? One more querry.... (2)How can I login as owner(root) in the desktop or (3)how can I make my account a 'root' account? Here I have three queries. Please give me solutions for all these ........ Thank you!
JoesCat2_9743 : 19/05/08 12:20 PM : Reply received -   3) You do not want to make your user account a root account. One of the big problems with Windows computers are that almost everything needs to run in Administrator mode and few if any programs run in "limited" mode. Therefore, windows has a huge problem with viruses, trojans, spyware and other unauthorized spyware. 2) To log in as a root user is a habit you may wish to discontinue. I would suggest you log in as a normal user and then to use the command-line terminal and type su (for super user), then run the programs you want there. If you need an example, read my howto for adding BOINC which gives good examples. http://www.joescat.com/boinc/index.html If you simply want to install programs or change some settings, Mandriva has a nice GUI tool that you can run by selecting Menu->Tools->System Tools->Configure Your Computer 1)When you installed Mandriva, which security level did you choose? did you choose Standard desktop or did you set the security level to a very high level? Most users are fine using the Standard security level and it is the recommended choice when you do an install. You may wish to break up your 3 questions in the future into 3 separate questions since not everybody can answer all 3, but may be able to answer 1 or 2, therefore ignore your 3 questions as too difficult or too troublesome. ;-)
Arun_Sreenivas_727 : 20/05/08 02:59 AM : More info requested -   Thanks for the reply. But can you say why I cant modify or write in the hard disk? It always says No permission to do that. How can I get that permission. I set the security level as the standard.
JoesCat2_9743 : 20/05/08 04:35 AM : More info requested -   I wanted to check that you were at an easier to use Standard level #2 instead of something higher in security which is good unless you run a server, otherwise there was more work involved. I'm currently loaded at a higher #4 security and do not have a windows partition on this machine, but if I recall correctly, when you installed Mandriva from CDrom or DVDrom, you may have seen a graphical representation of the different partitions on your hard drive. The default mount option is to mount ntfs as ro=Read_Only and there is an expert mode in the install process which allows you to add/modify more options, such as mount it RW=Read_Write. I'm assuming that when you refer to windows, you are having write problems with ntfs and not the more mature vfat which I believe has read/write mode enabled under standard user settings. Older versions of linux were able to read ntfs but not write to it and it was recommended to use a VFAT partition seen as /mnt/win_d by linux or a drive D (or E: ) by windows. I believe you can write "now" to ntfs using the experimental 3g modules but you were not able write to ntfs with version 2007. read this here for some info and prior history: http://mandrivausers.org/index.php?showtopic=4960 http://mandrivausers.org/index.php?showtopic=40208 With Mandriva 2008, you will need to install additional ntfs-3g drivers. Run the configure your computer tool. Menu->Tools->System Tools->Configure Your Computer Select the "software management" tab so that you can install additional RPM software. In the search bar, type in "ntfs" (without the quotes) to search for all RPMs related to ntfs. The ntfs-3g files are needed for write support. I don't have ntfs or windows on this machine, so I'll suggest loading ntfs-3g which should automatically suggest other dependent modules to load as well. If they were not installed, install them now. ------------ Next, you can use the configure your computer graphical tool (local disks, manage partitions, toggle expert mode, options) to make modifications,. but the quickest way I could think of to fix the ntfs read/write from a user perspective is through the fstab (File System Table) which is a text file. you will need to fix it in su mode, so... start a command-line terminal. su cp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab_backup kwrite /etc/fstab You may have another location mentioned instead of hda1 or sda1 so use the substitute sdaX or hdaX instead of my example below. You may find a line containing your vfat or ntfs information. /dev/hda1 /mnt/win_c ntfs nls=utf8,umask=0222 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/win_c vfat iocharset=utf8,umask=0222 0 0 You will want to modify the umask from 222 to 000 If the line has a "ro", change it to "rw" /dev/hda1 /mnt/win_c ntfs nls=utf8,umask=0 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/win_c vfat iocharset=utf8,umask=0 0 0 another possibility is something like this (one line): /dev/hda1 /mnt/win_c ntfs-3g rw,uid=500,gid=500, nls=utf8,umask=0007 0 0 Next, unmount and remount the ntfs or vfat partition umount /mnt/win_c mount -a You should be able to read/write the ntfs partition now. If you wish to know more about the mount command, type man mount on the command line, use up/down arrows to navigate and press q to quit. This will give you additional information concerning ntfs or vfat options. You can also read the fstab manual by typing man fstab I hope you are good-to-go now. Joe