No way to ask for permission with admin password for stuff

[Crailsledge]

Hi i want to make my raspberry pi start up with a custom boot picture exept when i copy the picture to /etc/ it gives me a Permission denied window. any way around it?

[drgeoff]

Try preceding your command with 'sudo' (without the quotes') . If that works use a search engine to learn what sudo does.

[QuietZone]

Try preceding your command with 'sudo' (without the quotes') . If that works use a search engine to learn what sudo does.

It sounds to me like he is trying to copy the file via the GUI/file manager, so there's really no way to precede any command with anything...

[Crailsledge]

Try preceding your command with 'sudo' (without the quotes') . If that works use a search engine to learn what sudo does.

It sounds to me like he is trying to copy the file via the GUI/file manager, so there's really no way to precede any command with anything...

yes that is what im trying to do

[gkreidl]

start the file manager with
gksudo pcmanfm
(from a terminal)