Subj : Re: Odd??
To   : Mike Albritton
From : Mike Albritton
Date : Sun Sep 22 2019 21:07:12

OR.......

Do a 'which' on the two programs that are giving you hell.
Then do an ls -l on the exact location of the binary.
Those programs needs executable permissions in all 3 'chmod' fields.


On 9/22/19 9:03 PM, Mike Albritton wrote:
> Honestly, from your description, it sounds like a file permissions issue.
> 
> Do an 'ls -l' on the file and see who it belongs to.
> 
> Output should look something like this:
> -rw-r--r--  1 gandalf gandalf       1359 Jul 29 21:18  slack
> 
> If your username isn't shown in the first owner's field, change
> ownership to you using the 'chown' command.
> 
> Hopefully you can make some progress with this.
> 
> 
> On 9/22/19 1:28 AM, Jeff Smith wrote:
>> Hello There,
>>
>> Running Ubuntu 19.04 I wanted to install an alternative simple text file 
>> editor. Using the "Ubuntu Software" app I chose two text file editors to 
>> install. Gedit v3.32.0 and Notepad3. Both seemed to install fine. Upon 
trying 
>> to open a text file in Gedit I am told "You do not have permissions 
necessary 
>> to open the file." Even  though I created the file and have full read/write 
>> permissions for  the file. The same response is given regardless of what 
>> existing  text file is opened with Gedit. The original/default text file 
editor 
>> opened the same text file(s) fine. 
>>
>> Now... If that wasn't odd enough I also installed Notepad3 using  the same 
>> "Ubuntu Software" app. Upon trying to open the same text file I am presented 

>> with the error:
>>  "Error loading z:\home\jeffs\Documents\rules.txt Access Denied".
>> Looks like Notepad3 thinks it's a Windows app. Notepad3 opens up fine but it 

>> can't open files presumably because it is expecting a Windows filesystem. If 

>> that is the case then why is it being  offered as a Linux editor via the 
>> "Ubuntu Software" app?
>>
>> Jeff
>>
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