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Access denied when copying a file

Asked by Benjamin Tanner

I am trying to install flash for opera 10.60 on my linux 9.04.

to do this i am trying to copy the extracted .so file into /usr/lib/opera/plugins as it says to do here: http://www.opera.com/docs/linux/plugins/install/

my problem is that i get the message "access is denied" when i try to copy the file. Though i have seen other topics describing how to get access through terminal, i would like to know how to always have access. I'm the administrator and i want full access to my computer. I dont want to have to enter my password just to install something either.

also, i would like to know how this behavior improves the security of my computer. it seems like it shouldnt matter how you copy the file, as long as a password is entered at some point.

i dont have any sensitive data on my PC so i am not concerned with the security risks.

thank you

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Ian Ace (iaculallad) said : 		#1

Try pre-appending the command sudo to the command cp in order to get pass the "Access Denied" mesage.

sudo cp /location/of/file/from /location/of/file/to

This usually happens when you're trying to copy the file to a root folder or a folder configured as not accessible by you or other users.

HTH.

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Benjamin Tanner (benjamintanner904) said : 		#2

thank you, but i would like to know how to get that access without using the terminal. by copying the file using the User Interface

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Ian Ace (iaculallad) said : 		#3

Press Alt+F2 and input the command:

gksudo nautilus

This will open you the "root" nautilus window. From there, you can copy the file you want to any directory.

Just be careful on what you do when using this mode.

HTH.

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