[HLUG] how to change permissions for Network Settings (Ubuntu)

[Mark Broadbent]

Hi Graham,

On 21/11/05, Graham Cole <g at gcole.uklinux.net> wrote:
> Hi you wonderful helpful people
> It's great to have my OS working after the help at the last meeting but
> I have a little problem now. I cannot see how to change the permission
> for using my Network-admin tool, currently only for root. It is not a
> simple package, being one of the Gnome-System-Tools. I should be able to
> change permissions with the Users and Groups tool but this is not
> effective. Should it be? Have I got a bug?!!

I'd suggest running the network admin tool using 'gksudo'.

> I tried to use a command in a terminal but I'm not sure of the name of
> the file to work on. The file below may be the one.
> gc1 at localhost:~ $ sudo chown /etc/gnome-system-tools/network gc1
> chown: `/etc/gnome-system-tools/network': invalid user
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Why is gc1 invalid I wonder?

It's not saying gc1 is invalid, you have the arguments to chown swapped.

Thanks
Mark

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