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unable to move desktop file to file system

Asked by Mitch Seflin

opened zip file of web site folder to desk top, want to move it to the /var/www file. all action i know are being denied. where did i go wrong

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Warren Hill (warren-hill) said : 		#1

The reason that you cant do it is you do not have enough privileges to create a file there.

You have two options

1. Change the privileges so you can write there.
I would not recommend this unless you need to move stuff often. But if you do ask again and I'll tell you how to do it.

2. temporarily promote your privileges with the sudo command or gksu command

the sudo command is meant for command line actions and the gksu command is meant for graphical programs like nautilus

The simplest solution would be to open a terminal by pressing CTRL-ALT-T all togther and typing

gksu nautilus &

you will be asked your password and nautilus will open and you will be logged in as root.

you will find your Desktop at /home/my-user/Desktop
where my-user is your user name and can put the file anywhere you want

When you close nautilus you will be back to being a normal user again.
You can now close the terminal. Job done.

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Eliah Kagan (degeneracypressure) said : 		#2

Please note that you can also run "gksu nautilus" (don't use a trailing & character) from the Run Command (Alt+F2) menu.

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Mitch Seflin (sef) said : 		#3

thank you all very much. i do appreciate your help