[SOLVED] Moving Files Permission denied

[jhooga]

I am not sure if this is posted somewhere else, if it is sorry. Anyways I downloaded files to my desktop from firefox and i need them to be in usr/local file, but if i try to put it in there it tells me permission denied. Is there anyway around this?

[devils casper]

Hi and Welcome !

You must have root privileges to any type of file operation outside your Home Folder.

Gaining root privileges is distro specific. Most of distros do not allow root login in GUI. You can gain root privileges in Terminal easily.
Execute su - to have root privileges or prefix command with sudo to execute it as root.

su -
command1 
command2
exit

Or

sudo command1
sudo command2

Which distro are you using?

[Lakshmipathi]

Another solution would be - Edit firefox settings - make your home directory (or any other directory owned by you) as default .

open firefox : Edit > Preferences > main ... checkout Downloads section.

HTH

[jhooga]

I have root priviliges ive done all that and familiar with terminal, even after that i still get permission denied errors all the time, im in fedora 12

[devils casper]

We need a bit more info. How did you gain root privileges?
su and su - provided different level of root privileges.

Have you tried su - ? Its su and minus sign.

su -

[jhooga]

yea i used su -

I ended up going a different path then i was originally going with this whole thing, working better so far thanks for all the help