Can't Change Permissions in Folder on Harddrive [SOLVED]

[jackkileen]

Hello, I'm trying to move/paste/drag a folder into another harddrive (4 TB drive, NTFS) on my machine with no luck.
I can move files/folders out of that drive but can't move any into it as I get "The destination is read only".

I tried to change the folder permissions for the folder I wanted to move files into but it doesn't "stick".

Some screenshots below...


└─sda2 8:2 0 3.7T 0 part /media/zyoc/4TB Ms

[GNULinux]

Hello, I'm trying to move/paste/drag a folder into another harddrive (4 TB drive, NTFS) on my machine with no luck.
I can move files/folders out of that drive but can't move any into it as I get "The destination is read only".

i think you should try opening the file manager as root for this
just right click in the empty white space beneath folders
then choose the option open as root
then enter your password
a new file manager window will open with elevated privileged
now try changing permissions within this window

now you should be able to change permissions

hope it works for you see ya!

[mikeflan]

Also search on this forum for "fastboot" and read the very recent posts about that.

[jackkileen]

Thanks for the replies!

Opening the folder as root and then changing the permissions didn't "stick" either.

Is "fastboot" a Windows thing? I don't have Windows installed anywhere except on a removable USB drive.

[mikeflan]

Yes, it is a Windows thing. So not your problem.

[AndyMH]

Yes, it is a Windows thing. So not your problem.

Not necessarily, if that drive has been used on a windows machine with fast start enabled, the filesystem could be locked.

[jackkileen]

Yes, it is a Windows thing. So not your problem.

Not necessarily, if that drive has been used on a windows machine with fast start enabled, the filesystem could be locked.

Yes, that drive was used on a dual boot Windows 10 and LMint 19.3 machine.
If it is locked would I still be able to move files/folders out of the drive, as I can now? (I just can't copy files into that drive)

[AndyMH]

Yes, you should be able to copy stuff off - not that I've had this problem, when installing win10 fast start is the second thing I do, the first is turning off auto updates. I'd copy the files off and then reformat it.

[jackkileen]

Yes, you should be able to copy stuff off - not that I've had this problem, when installing win10 fast start is the second thing I do, the first is turning off auto updates. I'd copy the files off and then reformat it.

So is there is no way I can access this drive from Linux to files to it?

[AndyMH]

Without plugging it into a windows machine, then disabling fast start and shutting down, I don't think you will be able to write to it.

You could try ntfsfix, but I don't think it will fix the problem.
http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/xen ... fix.8.html

[jackkileen]

Without plugging it into a windows machine, then disabling fast start and shutting down, I don't think you will be able to write to it.

You could try ntfsfix, but I don't think it will fix the problem.
http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/xen ... fix.8.html

That did the trick, thank you, much appreciated!!!

For future reference, if needed, here's what I did...

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sudo apt install ntfs-3g -y

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sudo ntfsfix /dev/sda2

[AndyMH]

Well so much for my pessimism
Did it output anything to tell you what the original problem was?

[jackkileen]

Well so much for my pessimism
Did it output anything to tell you what the original problem was?

Didn't specify anything just said it ran successfully (sorry I didn't copy the complete results).