[wellylug] ubuntu access problem

[Donovan Jones]

On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 7:24 PM, Cliff Pratt <enkidu at cliffp.com> wrote:

> Rob Collins wrote:
> > After converting my kubuntu 7.10 install to ubuntu gnome via apt-get
> > install ubuntu-desktop I am now thinking gnome has many more merits than
> > I used to think and am considering switching for good.
> >
> > One problem though, for some mysterious reason, read access to root
> > folders is now disabled for all users unless i use sudo.  ie, I cant
> > navigate to / without an error popping up saying something like "access
> > denied, you do not have rights to access /."  This is a real p.i.t.a. as
> > amarok, my favourite music player (light years ahead of
> > i-restricted-tunes) relies on being able to read root in order catalogue
> > my music collection so now it too comes up with an error saying "no
> > access to /".
> >
> If amarok really needs read access to the root of the filesystem, it is
> seriously broken, IMO.


do you really keep any music outside of /home ?

either way just go into amarok > settings > configure amarok > collection
choose some more specific paths where your music is located. No need to have
amarok scanning your entire file system

Don
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