When I try to copy files from my external HD to my Data Partition, which is mounted in Home, I get this error:
Error while copying "Current/
There was an error copying the file into /home/gumby/Data1.
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Error opening file '/home/gumby/Data1/Current': Permission denied."
How do I get permission? Also, how can I get Linux to stop demanding passwords and permissions from me all the time? I am the only user of my computer and furthermore, all my important documents will be encrypted, so I don't know if I need this level of password/permission paranoia
Forgot to mention. There are padlock icons on my Data Partitions in Nautilus, if that's relevant.
Can't copy files from external HD to Linux partition
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Can't copy files from external HD to Linux partition
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Re: Can't copy files from external HD to Linux partition
gumby,
You just can't seem to win for loosing can you my friend.
OK... we will get rid of some of that foolishness. Open a terminal and type:
sudo chown -hR gumby:gumby /home/gumby
and
sudo chmod -hR 0755 /home/gumby
That should fix that problem for good.
Fred
You just can't seem to win for loosing can you my friend.
OK... we will get rid of some of that foolishness. Open a terminal and type:
sudo chown -hR gumby:gumby /home/gumby
and
sudo chmod -hR 0755 /home/gumby
That should fix that problem for good.
Fred
Re: Can't copy files from external HD to Linux partition
Fred,
I entered the first command and got this:
sudo chown -hR gumby:gumby /home/gumby
chown: cannot access `/home/gumby/.gvfs': Permission denied
Didn't try to post your second command yet.
I entered the first command and got this:
sudo chown -hR gumby:gumby /home/gumby
chown: cannot access `/home/gumby/.gvfs': Permission denied
Didn't try to post your second command yet.
Re: Can't copy files from external HD to Linux partition
gumby,
As garda said in another thread, something is a bit strange about this install. Let's do it differently. In a terminal type:
sudo su
chown -R gumby:gumby /home/gumby
and
chmod -R 0755 /home/gumby
See if that works for you.
Fred
As garda said in another thread, something is a bit strange about this install. Let's do it differently. In a terminal type:
sudo su
chown -R gumby:gumby /home/gumby
and
chmod -R 0755 /home/gumby
See if that works for you.
Fred
Re: Can't copy files from external HD to Linux partition
Fred,
I ran sudo su and
chown -R gumby:gumby /home/gumby, and the same thing happened as before. Same Permission Denied message.
So I decided to restart the computer. After restarting, the padlocks were gone from my Data folders, and even my bizarre new repeating keyboard problem (see my keyboard post) was gone.
Now I am able to copy to my data folders.
Should I still try to run your commands? What will they do for me?
Thanks again. Don't know what I'd do without you!
I ran sudo su and
chown -R gumby:gumby /home/gumby, and the same thing happened as before. Same Permission Denied message.
So I decided to restart the computer. After restarting, the padlocks were gone from my Data folders, and even my bizarre new repeating keyboard problem (see my keyboard post) was gone.
Now I am able to copy to my data folders.
Should I still try to run your commands? What will they do for me?
Thanks again. Don't know what I'd do without you!
Re: Can't copy files from external HD to Linux partition
gumby,
Go ahead and run the last set of commands I gave you again. the ones that started with sudo su. Thats the permissions we want to be in place. If they already are then no harm done.
Fred
Go ahead and run the last set of commands I gave you again. the ones that started with sudo su. Thats the permissions we want to be in place. If they already are then no harm done.
Fred
Re: Can't copy files from external HD to Linux partition
Fred,Fred wrote:gumby,
As garda said in another thread, something is a bit strange about this install. Let's do it differently. In a terminal type:
sudo su
chown -R gumby:gumby /home/gumby
and
chmod -R 0755 /home/gumby
See if that works for you.
Fred
I tried this again now and got the same result:
chown: cannot access `/home/gumby/.gvfs': Permission denied
chmod: cannot access `/home/gumby/.gvfs': Permission denied
The original problem -- the inability to copy to my data folders which had Lock icons on them -- is gone. But still, these commands don't seem to do what you want them to do.
Sorry to disappear for a few days. I realize now that a lot of the problems i was having with bizarre behavior of my system, especially the keyboard, was due to a faulty USB hub. I'm still trying to get everything working on my system.
Gumby