[Eug-lug] OpenOffice Document - Linux <---> Mac OS X file exchange Heads Up

[Harald Sundt]

OpenOffice Document -  Linux <---> Mac OS X file exchange Heads Up

If you work mostly in a Mac OS X environment, you may be largely 
unaware of Unix/Linux conventions in file management.

I have had a failure in Open Office when I tried to save documents 
ported in a file which was itself in a folder copied onto a flash ram 
device and ported to my Linux Laptop.

The Error Message made it look like a likely KDE failure. It was not.

You see, a single user on a Mac OS X Box doesn't necessarily "know" 
he or she is "running as Root". A folder copied and ported has "root" 
permissions. If you are running as a User on your Linux Machine, as 
is a good Unix Box habit, the "root" file permissions will deny you 
permission to save an opened file.

The fix is to open a Root File Browser window and set permissions to 
yourself as a User.  Only a Dumb long time Mac Guy like me would be 
stymied a whole month by such a silly newbie goof up.    GRIN
-- 
This human life,
like a butterlamp set out in the wind -
It might last a long time or it might not.
Not letting ego's hold tighten further,
May I truly practice the sublime teachings.

Jikdel Yeshe Dorje - The 2nd Dudjom Rinpoche
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