On Mon, 2007-10-29 at 18:35 +1100, Robert Moonen wrote: > minnesaenger1969@xxxxxx wrote: > > Dear all, > > > > following problem: When I load files from a CD-ROM onto my harddisk, > > they are all read-protected. In Gnome there is no easy grafical way > > to do this. > > > > In KDE it is (like in Windows) very easy to change rights of large > > amounts of files in a folder by changing the rights of the folder and > > click the field (more or less called) "set changings for all > > subfolders and files". > > > > In Gnome you have to change every single folder and file. The only > > way for a collective way is via terminal and that is not easy for > > beginners. > > No, you click on "apply permissions to enclosed files" which becomes a > visible button when you select a folder and then "right click" and > select properties, then select the permissions TAB, just like windoze > and I presume kde too. This feature was new in Gnome 2.16: http://www.gnome.org/start/2.16/notes/en/rnusability.html If Peter's running an older version, he won't have it. -- Thsun _______________________________________________ gnome-list mailing list gnome-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list
