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chmod chown doesn't work on external drive
My Western Digital external 1gb hard drive has several files and folders. They are all owned by root, and when I try to change ownership using chown or a the Dolphin "super user" tool, after the process completes, I find that the folders and files are still owned by root. Ownership user/root and group/users is
owner => view & modify
group => view
others => view
On the advanced permissions, no bits are set.
I need to use this drive so that I can backup my data prior to a re-install. I'm obviously missing something basic.
I have read descriptions of the commands in the linux reference books I have on hand.
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