On Tue, Dec 03, 2013 at 11:27:36PM -0500, Doug wrote: > On 12/03/2013 10:21 PM, Janis Langins wrote: > > A file I have updating daily (quite long, about 340 pages) has > > inexplicably for reasons I cannot understand converted to a Read Only > > file. I have tried to get around this by copy the file from another > > folder where did not convert to a Read Only to overwrite this > > file. It stays Read Only. I have erased it and copied from my other > > folder and it becomes a Read Only. > > Any idea of what is going on and how can I stop this? > > Thank you > > Janis Langins > > > > what happens if you open your console, cd to the directory it's in, and > chmod the permissions? In case you are not familiar with the command > line, let us assume that it is in your Documents directory, and it is > called "longfile.doc" > > Open a console window (don't know how that's done in your distro). > Then type: (make sure the spaces are like I show) > > cd /home/yourusername/Documents > ls -la longfile.doc (just to make sure it's there) > chmod 664 longfile.doc > > Then you can do ls -la longfile.doc, and on the left side should read > -rw-rw-r-- > That means that user (you), and your group, can read and write to it, > and the whole world can read it. > > If, when you try to run the command you get "not permitted," you will > have to su to root first, or use sudo, if your distro is set up that way. > (sudo chmod 664 longfile.doc > [enter your password] )
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