Re: How can I obtain write permission?

[Ray Henry <rehenry-at-up.net>]

Juan

One other thought beyond the writing edit changes.  You will have to be root 
or set the permissions on several files in order to run the EMC in anything 
but sim mode.  There is an FAQ on this at linuxcnc.org

Ray


On Sunday 12 May 2002 14:10, Paul wrote:
> Hi Juan
>
> Either log in as root or use "File Manager (Super User Mode)" in the
> K->System menu. Many of the EMC files require you to be "root" when
> accessing them, directories included.
> If you use the above File Manager, when you right click on a file, you will
> automatically have the required permissions to edit and save.
>
> The reasoning here - You would not an untrusted user to reconfigure your
> machine settings (Just think of the damage it could cause).
>
> An alternative is to use the Alt+Ctrl+F2 keys to get to a text console (or
> open one in KDE and do an "su -"), login as root, and run "mc". If you
> played with computers in the days of DOS, you will probably recognise
> Midnight Commander.
>
> If you followed John's advice earlier, you may want to add :-
>
> cd /usr/local
> chmod a+rwx emc
>
> This will give you r/w pemissions to the EMC directory as well - But be
> warned, so will any other user, so do so with care.
>
> Regards, Paul.
>
> On Sunday 12 May 2002 19:11, Webstercnc-at-aol.com wrote:
> > Hi Everyone,
> >
> > I got access to the emc.ini file(thank's guys).
> >
> > When I try to save the changes that I made on
> > the configuration file, it tells me "You don't have write
> > permission to this file".
> >
> > Can someone show me how to obtain write permission.
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Juan