Locked Directory Question

abw · 08-17-2003, 06:45 PM

How does a directory become locked and how does one unlock it?

peace · 08-17-2003, 07:06 PM

Um... I think you are referring to "permissions". Do 'ls -l /' and you can see all the directories in /, their permissions, and owners. In the case of sbin, for example, normal users do not have write privledges, and you must be root to write to that directory. I think this is what you mean by "locked".

abw · 08-17-2003, 07:39 PM

The locked directory has come up in MDK distros when attempting to read a CD or floppy diskette. I have no clue as to what actions I have made, if any, to cause a locked directory or how to unlock.

peace · 08-17-2003, 07:44 PM

Alright, sorry I guess I wasn't quite clear on your original question.

Hopefully, though, someone familiar with Mandy can help you out.

edit: When I reread that, it seems to me like it would be a floppy diskette that was write-protected. Try moving the little plastic switch in the bottom corner of the floppy to the other position.

abw · 08-17-2003, 08:40 PM

Konqueror currently shows /mnt/floppy locked. The diskette is not write protected and is the bootloader disk, which I use to boot MDK9.0 on this machine.

abw · 08-18-2003, 11:19 AM

Can supermount cause a directory to be locked?

DogWalker · 10-17-2004, 05:09 PM

I solved this "problem" by setting the permissions
read and execute for Others: Konqueror was calling
a directory "locked" when Others hadn't those
permissions.