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This is not a "show stopper" but I would like to know how to keep it from happening again.
During a new install of Mandriva 2007, I copied and burned all my /home/scott/*.* files to a CD including my existing bookmarks from Firefox. I reinstalled all the old files and bookmarks by "cut & paste" to the new, 2007 directory and imported the old bookmarks to the new Firefox. Now all the files and bookmarks have the permissions set to read only, why is this and how can I prevent it from happening in the future ?
Thanks,
Scott Nash
The files on CD are read-only media, so copying them with the '-a' parameter copies the read-only flag.
The proper way to do this is to use a utility like tar to backup the files. When you extract them to their original location, they will retain their permissions.
The files on CD are read-only media, so copying them with the '-a' parameter copies the read-only flag.
The proper way to do this is to use a utility like tar to backup the files. When you extract them to their original location, they will retain their permissions.
Would this work also with other distros, viz suse?
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