VMware~tools

[oliver79]

Hi all:

I'm in the process of installing vmware~tools, however I was just eondering if someone could advise further! I have installed tools, however it has dropped them onto the CDROM (RPM and TAR.GZ) Now I wish to move the tar.gz onto the HD into a folder like /usr/local/src - now I have attempted a cut and paste, however it throws up the error message, access denied!!!!!! The help I require is how do i move the package into such a folder (step-by-step guide, total newbie!!!!!!) and from there I have the following to deal with the tar.gz:

cd /root
cp /path/file.tar.gz .

Unzip the file:

gzip -d file.tar.gz

Extract the files:

tar -xvf file.tar

Change into the source directory:

cd file

And within here there was a perl script to install. Execute
with:

./name.pl

Many thanks

p.s. I have included the above as there is another step I would like to run through after this which deals with the missing kernel headers!

Oliver

[nature]

oliver,

you get the error 'access denied' because you do not have the permissions to write to that directory.Change the permissions of the directory (or) do the copy as root
to change the permissions use 'chmod',you might also need to change the owner(with chown)
regards

[oliver79]

Hi:

Thanks for that, could you possibly give me an example? Or how too?

Thanks again

[nature]

su
password:

traverse to the directory where you have the .tar.gz file
for example /usr

cd /usr
cp x.tar.gz /usr/local/src/

[oliver79]

I'm getting the response:

cp: missing destination file

When I perform the above?

Thanks

[nature]

cp: missing destination file

thats weird,did you try cut and paste?

[oliver79]

Hi:

I did, however access is denied! Even when I'm logged in as root!!!!!!!

Any suggestions?

Many thanks

Oliver

[nature]

well, is the immutable bit set on the target directory?(I dont think so)
you could test that with a lsattr