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I just created a user account for my mom and would like to set it so that she can't access any of my personal files. I used the commands
chmod o-r <directory name>
chmod o-r -R <directory name>
chmod o-rwx <directory name>
chmod o-rwx -R <directory name>
None of those commands worked. Instead, I received the message "Operation not permitted". And yes, I was logged in as root. Can someone please tell me what I'm doing wrong and how I can change the permissions. Thanks a lot.
I used the chmod command and was able to change the permissions on one of my files in my /home/username directory, so I know I'm typing it in correctly and my computer's not broken.
I want to change the permission of a directory that is located on a different partition on my hard drive than linux is (a fat32 partition to be exact) under /mnt
Does that make a difference? Perhaps that would explain why I can change permissions in my /home/username directory, but not for the one I want. Thanks for any help anyone can give me.
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