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On Friday 27 February 2009 16:08:44 Diego wrote:
> As I know from my experience with the local LUG the most of the times a
> new Linux user gets into troubles the solutions resides in a
> modification to a configuration file somewhere outside the user
> directory or in copying some files in a specified path (I can't count
> how many times I've explained how to copy a wireless firmware to
> /lib/firmware). The most of the explanations on how to solve these
> problems suggest to do weird things like Alt+F2 "kdesudo kwrite
> /boot/grub/menu.lst", or rely on the usage of Konsole. These kind of
> solutions let the users a bit confused, as they don't get what they're
> doing; most of the times they just blindly follow these "black magic
> recipes".
> A solution to the problem could be to improve the graphical interfaces
> to be able to perform single actions as another user. Are you dragging a
> file to some other user's home directory? Then the file manager should
> ask for the other user's password, not just complain "you don't have
> enough permissions". That's a bit sadic...

I'd vote for that.  I've been using Linux for years, and I still occasional=
ly=20
find that I've edited a config file as user.  If only I could be asked for =
the=20
relevant password it would save a little time and a lot of aggravation.

Anne
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