[SOLVED] Problems in permissions for accessing files

Hi everyone
let's say I want to copy a folder to /etc/
the problems is my user can't copy files anywhere other then it's home it doesn't even have access to any file or folder other then home.
on the other hand I can use root to view and copy or access but the files that root creates or copies are only for root , I mean other groups or users can't access them .
I tried changing permissions on files ( chmod , chown) but sometimes it takes a lot of time .
can you tell me how I can give my own user those permissions ?(permission of copying file to a folder like /etc/ or creating a file in there )
is there a way to change root's default setting so when i create something with root that file or folder be accessible for others automatically ?!
sorry if my questions are dumb
--N3mo
Last edited by N3mo (2012-11-16 16:49:43)

You can indeed do that. I have no intention of telling you how.
What you are trying to do is dangerous and, frankly, idiotic. I am sure that you are no idiot but your strategy is idiotic. (Smart people often do dumb things.)
If you insist on doing this, you can do it. But you should learn about the security system you are disregarding so that you know the risks. If you do that, you will know how to run those risks if you wish.
What packages are you downloading? Do you mean pacman's cache? Why do you want your user to have write access there?
Note that apart from the general idiocy of this strategy, it will also prevent some programmes from working at all because some of them check for sane permissions and refuse to run if they find the permissions are insane.
I don't even understand why you want to change root's settings. If you are working as root anyway, why do you also want your user to have access?
You can keep themes etc. in your home directory in appropriate places. Then you have complete control of them. You should not be adding additional themes to the system's collection except by installing packages with pacman.
Please learn about the way that the file structure, permissions and access controls are supposed to work and the protection that they offer you. (From yourself as well as other people.)

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unique or if the settings for my users are incorrect.
I did not set up the server or the user's so I'm really trying to catch up
quick. We are really suffering in that it totally slow's things down almost
to a crawl in some cases. I really hope you can help me out with this I've
attached some screen shot's and the X-Serve system profiler for background.
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I suggest posting to the Xerve forum http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=854

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