No rights on my own directory's

[teuniswoest]

Dear Linux users,

I've installed ubuntu a few days ago and now I want to install Samba to use the ubuntu pc in my windows network.
But the problem is, I seem to have no rights on my own mappings...
So now I cant edit the smb.conf file to my own hand.

I'm logged in with the local account I created when installing ubuntu.

Thanx in advance,

Teun

[aduaitpokhriyal]

Try editing file being root
To have root privileges type:

$su -

in the terminal and enter the root password.

If you have not set the root password , set it by typing command:

$sudo passwd root

[coopstah13]

i would recommend against setting a root password on ubuntu, they didn't enable it for a reason and you don't *really* need it

just prefix editing the file with sudo to gain root privilege sudo gedit /etc/samba/smb.conf

[ptkobe]

Are you trying to edit it with what?

If it is from the terminal with something like nano, you have to use sudo to run the command (run as root), like in
> sudo nano /etc/samba/smb.conf

That's because, if you run
> ls -l /etc/samba/smb.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12412 2010-03-25 19:45 /etc/samba/smb.conf
you can see it is owned by root, group root

If ypu want ro use a graphical editor, same thing, you'll have to run the editor as root to be able to edit a root owned file. Try
> sudo gedit /etc/samba/smb.conf
for example

EDIT: Ooops, already answered

[reed9]

Just to note, the correct way to open a graphical application with root privileges is to use gksudo over just sudo.

gksudo gedit /etc/samba/smb.conf

In a lot of cases it doesn't really matter, but in a few it does, and hey, better to be in the habit of doing it the right way.

Running Sudo Graphically

[ptkobe]

reed9: Point taken
Thanks, and for the link