Ownership

[Gustavo Seabra]

morpheus wrote:

>>Why would anyone *need* to use the GUI file browser in root mode? What I 
>>meant is that, when you try to use a tool that *requires* root access, 
>>it generally asks for the password.
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>If you try to move/copy/delete files that you don't have permission for,
>you just get an error...it doesn't ask for a password.
>Still, using cp, mv and rm is safer.
>-m
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Personally, I find it easier and quicker to do it via keyboard. 
Especially when there are a large number of files. For example, how 
would I do cp *.com  another-dir/ in a GUI? Imagine if the folder has 
abut 300 files with different extensions...

Yes, cp, mv, rm are safer. And easier.

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Gustavo Seabra - Graduate Student
Chemistry Department
Kansas State University
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