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I am reluctant to provide with the results for the ls -ld command, as I fear that it would expose me to the web even more than I am already currently exposed. I can say this, though, everything that...

Gregory: I did use sudo, but not for the purpose of copying; rather, for the purpose of changing the permissions of the necessary File System folders.

Does the copy command work for both folders...

OK. I have now provided RWX permissions for the entire directory chain and was able to copy the file. Now, I am concerned that I have created a huge security breach

What is a good document to...

It is true that I have only changed the permissions for the User and Group. I did not change the permissions for Other, as Other does not appear to be involved in the operation.

Is it being...

Question: What does it mean when you are not permitted to copy a file into a system file folder? How do you over come the problem?

Background: I recently installed the latest versions of Apache...

Recently I was instructed to view the newly proposed, likely to be implemented forum page. The instruction was in reply to my inability to find the proper forum to ask a question related to the...

Which forum is best utilized for web server and application development -- specifically the creation of dynamic webpages using Apache and PHP, and the like?

I would like to report that it is possible to install a Ubuntu 12.04 on a mid-2007 iMac in a MacOS Lion operating environment. Further, I would like to thank everyone for their effort in helping me...

What does grub2 stand for? Is it short for the boot loader software or still another partition?

What is the device for boot loader installation?

Is it the partition on which resides Apple's Bootcamp -- namely, my MacOS?
What could happen, if I fail to choose the proper device?
1) Would I...

Thank you for your patience. Truly, I am very surprized that I have come this far. You all have been very helpful.

I am hesitant to mess around any further with my partitions for fear of wiping out my MacOS partition. It would pose much difficulty for me to replace it, as my machine is quite old and previous...

OK! Still further progress has been made.
Before attempting to install, however. I have at least one further question: How do you eliminate unwanted free space? In the process of creating my...

OK. Some progress has been made.

Doing as I was told resulted in two procedural requests from Ubuntu: the first that I was able to easily meet and the second that is less easily implemented...

1) When given the three options of dual boot, erase, or something else, I chose something else.
2) Having chosen something else it automatically provided me with the option of repartitioning my...

Yes, I have OS Lion installed.
The format of the partition on which I want to install Ubuntu is in the 32-bit FAT format, however.
Specifically, the partition has the volume format MS-DOS (FAT)....

I own a Mid-2007 iMac with a partitioned hard-drive. When I go to install the latest version of Ubuntu on the partition that I have set aside for the installation, I am told by Ubuntu that my root...

OK, but instead of downloading 11.04, I downloaded 10.04.2. (I wanted to be certain that it would work.) When I clicked on the ISO disk image, I was able to mount the image's contents, view the...

I have now downloaded the following two ISO disk images and have been able to install neither:

1) xubuntu-11.10-desktop-i386.iso, and
2) ubuntu-11.10-desktop-amd64.iso

The error message is "no...

Also, I just found this in the French MacGeneration forum: "Oui avec bootcamp, tu peux installer Linux au lieu de Windows (pas besoin de rEFIt si tu reste sur du double boot).

In translation: ...

This is how I discovered the problems; I did a search for the following string of keywords in the Ubuntu Forum: iMac, Partition, Ubuntu, Installation. I agree that the Sourceforge page says nothing...

Do you not acknowledge any of the problems cited with rEFIt and the Lion OS?
Some have suggested waiting until a new version of rEFIt is created.

Roddy

I have a 24-inch, mid-2007 iMac with 2GB of memory and a 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor. I am running in a newly installed MacOS 10.7.2 environment and must decide whether I should partition or...