On 04.05.13 13:11, Bruce Klawiter wrote: > I know very little about Linux and once in a while it ask for > permission or some such thing when I am copying, changing or moving > files. Just now I tried to copy a folder to an SSD and it says it > can't because I am not the owner, I am the owner what the heck it it > talking about. How do I tell linux to let me do what ever the hell I > want on this computer?
It that is _really_ wished for, just do everything as root. =8-0 Then it will let you destroy the entire filesystem with a couple of keystrokes. In above case it seems it is just the SSD which has user IDs (UIDs) set to values other than yours. To get a handle on what linux is seeing, try to: Look at your uid, just FYI: $ id -a Now look at a directory on the SSD: $ ls -l path_to_that_ssd If column 3 is not equal to your login name, and column 4 is not in the "groups=" list from our "id" command, above, then your access is reliant on the last three characters of the first column. If they were something like -rw-r--r--, then you could read but not write. (But the owner can.) If there are numbers, rather than account names, then the uid is not known on the current host. (i.e it lacks an entry in /etc/passwd) The manpage for chmod provides some clues, if you already know most of it, but to get there, a good starting point would be: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_permissions#Traditional_Unix_permissions There is merit in skipping the "Octal Notation" section, until you can read drwxr-xr-x as you would plain text. I figure that you've already applied the hammer fix: $ sudo chown -R bruce.bruce path_to_that_ssd (Or done an "su", to the same effect.) The "bruce.bruce" sets both uid (first half) and gid (second half) on all files on the SSD (-R) to you, assuming that "bruce" is your login name, and that your account is set up with the ubuntu default of a same-named group for each user. If you just use one "bruce", the gid will stay as it was - something you may never subsequently notice, but it could be considered untidy. Hopefully that allows you to be a super user, and own what you possess. :-) Erik -- The New York Times has referred to Australia's gun laws as a "road map" for the US, saying that "in the 18 years before the law, Australia suffered 13 mass shootings - but not one in the 14 years after the law took full effect." - http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-12-17/us-urged-to-consider-australia-gun-laws-example/4431262 (I was furious when a past PM pushed through the laws, but we do manage to hunt without semi-autos now.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get 100% visibility into Java/.NET code with AppDynamics Lite It's a free troubleshooting tool designed for production Get down to code-level detail for bottlenecks, with <2% overhead. Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_ap2 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
