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permission to change a file

Asked by EricS

I am trying to connect my new MP3 player, and download some music into it. It seems I have been going around in circles for 3 days, Lately I have been trying to add a line to the file libmtp.rules (I found the information by hooking up to windows) but it seems I do not have permission to do so then I found somewhere that I could change the attributes on the file by using something called chmod but it seems I don't have permission to use it. At one point somewhere I was told that I was to turn myself into a root. Can anyone please try and point me out of these endless circles.

Thank you,

Eric

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Best Kelvin Gardiner (kelvingardiner) said : 		#1

To execute a single command as root type sudo comand in the terminal. Such as sudo chmod a+r . After doing this you will be asked for your pass word.

To find out more about chmod type man chomod.

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EricS (ericsellers) said : 		#2

Thank you for the information. I didn't know that was what Sudo was for, interesting. In any case I changed the file I needed to change and My MP3 player works great. It would be nice to know who I need to speak to in order to get the line added, in case somebody else buys one like mine or I have to reinstall. I will ask this question in a different problem so thanks again for the help.

Eric

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EricS (ericsellers) said : 		#3

Thanks Kelvin Gardiner, that solved my question.