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   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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