Permission initially denied when using RootPCManFM under LXDE

[jimwilk]

I have been in the habit of having an icon for RootPCManFM in the panel for LXDE. It is there because, sometimes I wish to add new wallpapers to /usr/share/LXDE/wallpapers. Having downloaded them (as normal user), they are held in /home/jim/Downloads. But if I want to copy and paste into the above mentioned folder, I need to use PCManFM with root privileges.

When I go to /home/jim/Downloads using RootPCManFM, I get the message, Permission Denied. OK, I guess it is just warning me that I am snooping around my /home folders with, potentially damaging root privileges. I click on OK and carry on to copy the file.

Then, when I go to back out of /home/jim/Downloads with the copied file, I get Permission Denied again. Click OK and I can then carry on to paste into the relevant /usr directory.

I was just wondering if LXDE has this as a safety warning feature. The same warning doesn't appear when using KDE. By the way, in the panel, I use a different icon for the Root file manager from the black file manager icon. I chose a brown cube from Utilities to save confusion.

I am getting to like LXDE more and more as I now use it fulltime on the laptop.

Jim

[djohnston]

I had often wondered about that behavior myself, as I had never seen it with any other file manager. Well, here's some good news. If you update PCManFM when it shows up in your updates queue, you will no longer see that behavior.

[jimwilk]

I had often wondered about that behavior myself, as I had never seen it with any other file manager. Well, here's some good news. If you update PCManFM when it shows up in your updates queue, you will no longer see that behavior.

You are right. I did an upgrade this morning - PCManFM was included. The behaviour that we had been discussing has now disappeared.

Jim

[Neal ManBear]

When I transfer wallpapers from my /home, I use Root-PCManFM to go to /usr/share/LXDE/wallpapers only. I never have used it to navigate to my /home. Instead I use PCManFM. With both open to the needed directories, it is easy to drag 'n drop or copy 'n paste the wallpapers or anything else needed.     

If you stick with using Root-PCManFM to navigate in / only and use PCManFM only in your /home, you should not ever run into problems, odd or any other kind.     

PCManFM - /home/neal/Pictures/some-wallpaper.png  >>> transfer (drag 'n drop) to  >>>  Root-PCManFM - /usr/share/LXDE/wallpapers.