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Name: sunny Date: September 3, 2003 at 19:30:19 Pacific OS: Win XP & mandrake linux 9 CPU/Ram: 224 MB
Comment:
Hi frends i m a newbie (linux). i have mandrake 9.0. I can't put any icon on my desktop in KDE. When i try to put any icon on my desktop; it says "u do not have permission - check permissions" i know how to log in as root user but then ? how can i get permission to put icons on my desktop ?
Name: 3Dave Date: September 4, 2003 at 08:21:28 Pacific
Reply:
Your KDE desktop should be in your home folder called "Desktop" and should be owned by yourself and have permissions rwx------ as in read, write and execute for owner and no permissions for anyone else. To change the ownership: # chown username /home/username/Desktop To change the permissions: # chmod 700 /home/username/Desktop
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