Re: Problems with 32 bit Jessie and Mate DE
Nick wrote:
On 16/06/15 19:08, Richard Owlett wrote:
I just did a clean install of Jessie w Mate DE
Note all the examples below assume you have sudo enabled (the default if
you left the root password prompts blank during installation) and that
you're logged in as the initial user or another one set up with sudo
privileges.
When I install Debian I enable the login as root option.
Give them a go and post back if they throw up permissions errors.
1. How do I use file manager with root privileges?
The file manager in MATE is 'caja', so...
There are two ways to achieve this:
A) open up a terminal, and type:
sudo caja
After enabling sudo privilege that works (with some warning
messages).
*HOWEVER* it fails when attempting to execute after using su.
or
sudo caja "/path/to/required/directory"
at the prompt, followed by enter.
OR
B) Install the package 'caja-gksu'
sudo apt-get install caja-gksu
I installed via synaptic - synaptic gave strange messages, will
investigate to see if bug or operator error.
log out and back in, and when you right-click a folder on the desktop or
in the file manager you should see an option to open it as root.
That didn't work.
I could invoke by typing "gksu caja" and responding with
administrative password when prompted. It also generated warning
messages.
2. How do I manually (no network physically available) reset the clock?
At a terminal:
sudo date MMDDhhmmCCYY
that's MMonth DDay, hhour, mminute, CCentury, YYear
For example, to set the time and date to 15:00 on 1st February 2014:
sudo date 020115002014
That worked - it took effect after a reboot.
See
man date
for further details and options.
Hope this helps.
Nick Booker
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