How to gain read/write permissions on folders

[mingle]

Hi Guys,

This is a basic one:

I'm trying to copy some pictures to the usr/share/wallpapers folder, using Konqueror, but I get an "Access Denied" error.

I've checked the permissions on the wallpapers folder and it's owned by "root" and "group" access is limited to read only. My username "mike" I guess is a "group" level user and I can't see any way of changing this, since the options are greyed out.

Is there any simple way of giving me (I will be the only user of the machine) full access to all folders/directories so I don't have to fight to copy files from one place to another?

Cheers,

Mike.

[Snowhog]

Re: How to gain read/write permissions on folders

You can do so from the CLI (command line). Open a console - this will do so in your home directory. Assuming your pictures are in this directory, you would type:

sudo cp picturename /usr/share/wallpapers

[mingle]

Re: How to gain read/write permissions on folders

@Snowhog - many thanks, worked a treat!

[Snowhog]

Re: How to gain read/write permissions on folders