Ubuntu :: Not Allowed To Change Hhd Permissions?
Nov 24, 2010for some reason i am not allowed to change the permissions on my hhd i have a 3G partitioned off of it but i cant acess the other 290G what i can do to get permission
View 2 Repliesfor some reason i am not allowed to change the permissions on my hhd i have a 3G partitioned off of it but i cant acess the other 290G what i can do to get permission
View 2 RepliesHow to enable Root login...i cant copy or move something on the HDD...I have administrator rights and password for root but i cant change permissions for the HDD without login on root and root login are not allowed .
View 10 Replies View RelatedI am just wondering why this is happening. I just tried to use a tutorial to customize my GUI and give myself a custom launcher for Libre Office, and when I tried to copy the edited .desktop file back into my "/adam/usr/shared/applications" folder, it told me I didn't have permission to do this. I tried to edit the folder permissions and it told me that I was not able to because I am not the owner. Is there any way to fix this or do I have to re-install Ubuntu?
View 9 Replies View RelatedFinally I managed to install my printer/scanner drivers.The last thing I need to do is to add the following two lines to 40-libsane.rules (which is a read only file):# Brother scanners ATTRS{idVendor}=="04f9", ENV{libsane_matched}="yes".How can I change permissions for this file or add these lines without changing permissions?
View 2 Replies View RelatedI installed OpenSUSE 11.2-KDE about 2 weeks ago, and have been pretty satisfied with it so far. Apart from one niggling little problem. When I went to the 'Password and User Account' page (Configure Desktop>About Me) and tried to change from the default image to something more personal, I got a message box saying "Your administrator has disallowed changing your image." However, on the same page I was allowed to enter personal details and could, if I wished, have changed my password. I logged in as root to see if I could change it from there, but I got the same message. As this is a single-user machine, where I am effectively root/administrator, it would appear I am banning myself from changing my image. So far, I've been allowed to change anything else.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI have an AMD Athlon Regor 2.8 Ghz Dual Core CPU. About a month ago I overclocked the bad boy to 3.36 Ghz, on stock voltage. Since I have an AMD chip, I have the Cool and Quiet feature. With CnQ on, it never shows more than 2.8 Ghz (my stock speed), even on Full Load. However, with it off, it shows the correct 3360 Mhz all the time. I would like to keep CnQ, as well as my overclock. I've read in forums that it's okay to do that, that CnQ will automatically clock up to overclock when needed. But for me, with CnQ on, it only hits 2.8. Nothing more. Is this an Ubuntu problem? Is there a setting where I can change the maximum allowed speed of my CPU?
View 4 Replies View RelatedI installed OpenSUSE 11.2-KDE about 2 weeks ago, and have been pretty satisfied with it so far.Apart from one niggling little problem.When I went to the 'Password and User Account' page (Configure Desktop>About Me) and tried to change from the default image to something more personal, I got a message box saying "Your administrator has disallowed changing your image." However, on the same page I was allowed to enter personal details and could, if I wished, have changed my password.I logged in as root to see if I could change it from there, but I got the same message. As this is a single-user machine, where I am effectively root/administrator, it would appear I am banning myself from changing my image. So far, I've been allowed to change anything else.
View 6 Replies View RelatedWhile reading some papers on securing apache with selinux, I have tried to bind httpd to port 3000 expecting to be blocked by the selinux, since port tcp 3000 isn't on the http_port_t list. However I was able to start the service...
I'm preety sure selinux is enforcing. Also, if I bind httpd to tcp 81 selinux denies the start of the service, as expected!Did I miss something? Why is httpd allowed to start binded to a port that's not explicitly allowed?
I'm new to Ubuntu Linux but have many years on windows platform. Please can someone help me with how to change the following items.
No.1 I would like to change the HORRIBLE!! YAK!! brown background color behind the word Ubuntu in the start up screen when the machine loads up (before the login). I have located the image file for this which I have found to be: /usr/share/images/xsplash/bg_2560x1600. jpg but the OS says that root is the owner and that I don't have permission to change this. So how can I change this for a color I do like.
No.2 I would also like to change the login dialogue screen style. I know this is possible but again I'm fumbling to see how I can do this. I have tried with the start up manager but every attempt fails, the settings don't take. Once again I suspect permissions are at the bottom of the problem?
No.3 Would like to have a colorful splash screen image on boot up, I've managed to remove the old one (small white 3 ring ubuntu logo on black background) but havent been able to install or replace with a new one. Its been incredibly frustrating, I'm feel sure I'm missing something simple here. Wondering if its permissions yet again?
Anyone who can offer help on any of the above, guidance or advise me would be much appreciated. Please bear in mind that I'm still very much feeling my way with Linux so keep it simple.
If this information excists here so sorry I was not able to find it. How to change permissions in Unbuntu for those people who are trying to change persmissions in a subdirectory.
Open the terminal and then type: Quote: sudo chmod yourpermission number /thenameofyourdirectory
Example:
Quote: sudo chmod 755 /directory
How do I change folder permissions without changing the permissions of the files within the folder?
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View 2 Replies View RelatedI have an external hard drive which has the mac os filesystem (hfs+) and it is read-only. I was trying things like 'sudo chmod 777 /path/to/my/drive' or 'sudo chmod -R u+w /path' but it wasn't working.
I just want to be able to have write permissions, anyone know how?
my HD is partitioned in 3 volumes. The one witch is Ubuntu installed, I can change the permissions normally. The other ones I try to change the permissions on the properties and on terminal using chmod, but none of those work. They work only in the Ubuntu partition.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI have Ubuntu 10.10 and mythtv. I am trying to get recordings to appear in "watch recordings". I went to var-lib-mythtv-recordings to watch a recording. It wont play so I checked the properties and permissions. It says "You are not the owner, So you cannot change these permissions" I'm logged in as adminastrator and I'm the only one with access to this computer. I cant find a way to change the permissions.
View 2 Replies View RelatedRecently I installed ubuntu 10 on my machine. Installed using windows installer and it is installed in one of the windows drive. It didnt asked me for root password, so i used sudo -i to become a root user.
now when i was trying to execute a file named all.bash [URL].. using ./all.bash but it says permission denied error. I saw that the file have only read and write permission. I tried to change the permission by using chmod u+rx all.bash but it does nothing. Is there any way to change the permissions.
how to use permissions. I ran into a weird problem in which I am unable to change permissions as root. I have a file I've been testing commands on, and somewhere along the line I think I gave it zero permissions. Now I'd like to restore some permissions, but can't. Here's what I'm looking at:
Code:
jeremy@jeremy-laptop:~/test$ ls -l
total 16
-rw-r--r-- 1 jeremy jeremy 235 2011-05-17 13:15 onelink
-rwxr-xr-x 1 jeremy jeremy 27 2011-08-02 18:05 threecopy
-rwxr-xr-x 1 jeremy jeremy 27 2011-05-09 17:10 three.txt
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I am trying to figure out how to change the permissions on Wine, so that the only thing the users on this computer can do is access the programs on Wine that are already installed. Here's what I did already:
- Accessed Home Folder
- Accessed 'Hidden' folder called '.wine'
- Right Clicked on 'dosdevices' and changed permissions to 'Access Only'
- Right Clicked on 'drive_c' and changed permissions to 'Access Only'
Now I need to know how to set these permissions in order to lock them permanently. Keep in mind that I am a newbie and may not understand in depth lingo regarding the terminal.
Im new to these forums heres my story:Windows 7 on my acer extensa 5230e became corrupted so i installed linux Ubuntu 10.04 on a 320 gb external hdd. I have installed Mixxx and am trying to create my own skins for it. But whenever i try and paste the folder into the /usr/share/mixxx/skins folder it says that I dont have permission toam an administrator... or at least thats what it says i have trie chmod a+w it but it says operation denied: Code: chmod: changing permissions of `/usr/share/mixxx/skins'
View 3 Replies View RelatedI've already formatted it 3 times, it works for 1 try then it turns read Only again. I'm looking for a fix that doesn't make me delete everything before I want to use it, because this is getting ridiculous.
Going into further detail:
Randomly when sticking the USB into the PSP the console/computer chooses that it's READ ONLY and you can't change anything in permissions.
i'm having issues with a folder which I cannot write to or seem to do anything else with? i figured i'd delete it and start again but i can't even do that!!
Code:
server@server:~$ sudo chown server /media/server/swap/downloads/incomplete/
chown: changing ownership of `/media/server/swap/downloads/incomplete/': Operation not permitted
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Generally, I LOVE Ubuntu 10.04...best Ubuntu yet, IMO. But there's this one thing about it that really bugs me, and that is that all executable files on CD/DVD are set with very restricted permissions, including the 'Allow executing file as program' checkbox being left blank. Since CD/DVD's are read-only, I can't change these permissions the normal way or even just execute the files as root!
So far I've been able to get by with just copying the disk's contents to the hard drive and then running the program with altered permissions from there, but right now I want to install Unreal Tournament 2004 (the DVD version, if that makes any difference) and its Linux installer will not function properly from a local directory, so I'm stuck on this one.
Surely there's some way to alter the permissions for a read-only filesystem! Can't I just set system-wide permissions that would even apply to CD's and DVD's?
I just installed a usb card reader for my digi camera...how can I change the permissions from "root" to "user" so I can write to this flash drive?
It reads my pix just fine, but it won't let me write....
it is installed at /media/usb0
im trying to execute a file. When I try i get the message:
The file ...Installer.exe is not marked as executable. If this was downloaded or copied from an untrusted source, it may be dangerous to run...
So when I right click on the file and select properties>permissions and check the 'allow executing file as program' it instantly unchecks the box. I can't check the box.
I'm trying to install a script and I need to change the permissions of a file within the script, but I am being denied from doing so. I know that I could change the password of ROOT, but I don't really feel like going through that again when I can just use 'gksudo nautilus' in Terminal. How can I change the permission without being on Root?
View 3 Replies View RelatedI'm trying to (hopefully) fix my audio glitch.I'm trying to edit my /etc/pulse/default.pa.I tried:
Code:
sudo chmod 775 /etc/pulse
and
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I recently did a fresh install of Ubuntu Maverick, and have found a slight issue with file permissions. Before starting the installation I backed up all my files to an ext3 partition, then during the process I moved all of these files over to an NTFS partition that I am using as a joint storage location for both Ubuntu 10.10 and Windows 7. Upon booting into my fresh Maverick install I found that all the files on my NTFS partition are now owned by root and I am unable to change the permissions using the conventional methods I am used to. I have tried using the GUI method through the properties of the folder, I've also tried using chown and chmod, but all to no avail... No matter how I make the change to the permissions, it will always revert back to root within seconds. who desperately wants full read/write access back to their data?
View 9 Replies View RelatedI'm running Ubuntu 10.04 32-bit. Sometimes I have difficulty starting X. The system complains that "/etc/timidity" is not owned by me. Then the system locks up. I checked the permissions. 'root' is both owner and group. Should I change the permissions to my username and/or my usernamegroup? Or, chown and chgrp to root again? I would experiment on my own with this, but since the system already locks up sometimes, I don't want to find myself with an unusable system.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI recently backed up my home folder onto another HD. When I tried to transfer the files from the other HD back to the original HD after a fresh ubuntu install I noticed all my files were restricted to root access. Even after moving the files back via root access I can still only access them that way. Is there a way to mass change the permissions to all the files and folders within my original home folder?
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