Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: nautilus
I was copying some MP3 files from a USB attached hard-disk to my local
hard-disk /home/marc/Music. The hard-disk is VFAT formatted. All the
copied files have the executable flag on (which is wrong but not the bug
I am referring now). I decided to correct the file permissions the old
fashion way via a terminal thus chmod 666 /home/foo/Music/*. It worked
fine so I copied some more files and perform some more chmod.
Suddenly, all file properties, except the names, in all subdirectories were
screwed up.
Permission ?, Date Mofied ?, Owner ?, Group ?. For example:
foo.mp3 ? ? ? ?
bar.mp3 ? ? ? ?
I was completely shocked. I was no longer able to edit the file
properties nor delete any of them nor the directories via Nautilus, even
after a cold reboot. Jumping into a terminal and perform ls has the same
result.
The only thing I could do was a sudo rm (via terminal) on all
directories, then copy the files all over again. This time I modified
the permissions using Nautilus GUI, i.e. select all the files (not
including the directories), right-click on properties, etc. Now all is
well.
Additional information:
- Linux 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Sun Oct 14 23:05:12 GMT 2007 i686
- Gutsy Gibbon (Ubuntu 7.10) fresh install with all latest updates
- Motherboard ASUS P5LD2-X with Intel Core Duo @2GHz
I am not trying to reproduce this bug. Not this kind of bug. It scares
the hell out of me since I have a lot of coding in my home directory.
Please let me know if you need more information.
Thanks.
** Affects: nautilus (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Nautilus: file properties screwed up
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/164540
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