Mandriva PowerPac2008 Permissions

[Ole' Salty]

Hi agn. How and where do I go to change the permissions so that root and me , the only user have ALL rights to not only read but write to my files.

Have tried to walk through it but unsuccessfully.

Any help will be appreciated because I still can't the scanner configured.

[saikee]

Try
sudo su

[mrrangerman43]

Ole' Salty
Any help will be appreciated because I still can't the scanner configured.

Is the issue permissions or getting the scanner to work, if it's the latter, check and make sure your user is a member of the group scanner.

[ph34r]

And if you aren't in the scanner group (or whatever group owns the scanner device) then after you add yourself you need to log out completely and log back in for the new group membership to work.

[Ole' Salty]

Tnx for the info. Sorry for being so vauge. I actually have the one "Peoblem" but will want the ability to have full control over the permissions. I had simmilar problems with the printer but it is working now. Don't know how although I re installed the OP.

When I try to install the scanner " HP 4400C " it initially finds but I have to install it manually. When I do it comes back telling me that it has been configured but may not work properly.Next go edit,: sane.#W@#$@#$Q#$A. When I finally found the file and tried to edit it , this is the other part,It tell me I don.t permissions. Hense the second part.

Buy the way the SUDO SU command does not work. Machine just comes bact to the desktop without anything happening.

Tnx agn.

[saikee]

If there is no response from "sudo su" then you should be in root.

The command is to change you from an ordinary user to a super user for the root privileges temporarily. You can also just type "su" and supply the root password to become a root user. "sudo su" is used on most distros and especially good for Linux that does not implement root user account by default.

As a root user you should have permission to read/write all files.