It's likely all about permissions/privilege and ownership. the
permission structure in unix type systems is very rigid. general
day-to-day operation should be done as a user, and system configuration
and installation tasks should only be done by the superuser (usually
'root'). The demarcation is so that users cannot modify system behaviour.
System configuration files, and executables should be owned by and only
be writable by root (usually read and execute permissions are given to
other users for executables), so you don't need to change the file
owner, you need to logged in as root to edit it.
There is a tool that gives you privilege escalation on a
per-command-line basis, 'sudo'.
Can you tell us more about what you need to do, there are a number of
old hands here if I recall correctly?
davidt
On Thu, Feb 16, 2017 at 02:03:14PM -0700, Chris Trask wrote:
> Okay, used laptop #3 came in the mail this morning. Inserted the Linux
> Mint 14 (LM14) HD, plugged in the charger, and away it went. Lice and clean,
> no physical damage, and just $20.50. Not bad.
>
> Now I have a little problem that I cannot seem to find understandable
> help for. In order to make the needed change to the one confiruation file so
> it will load up the network manager, I just have to edit the file and save
> it. But, I need to establish ownership of the file, or folder, or drive in
> order to save it. How do you go about doing that?
>
> I had installed all sorts of Windows software on this years ago, and
> they seem to work. But, there is no antivirus or antimalware, so I need to
> do that first thing once I get the network manager running.
>
> DOS-oriented minds want to know.
>
> Chris
>
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