Folder permissions locked read-only

odyssey84 · 03-19-2010, 09:17 PM

Greetings,

Recently updated the kernel in Ubuntu 9.10 and for some reason now, a folder which was not read-only now is. I can't delete anything from it. Have tried using the GUI for changing permissions, however, it has a mind of it's own and won't unlock the folder.

My guess is command line logged on as root however not sure what the method is.

Anyone had this happen where a folder locked when you didn't want it to be?

Let me know what I need to do.

Thanks,

Scott

smoker · 03-19-2010, 10:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by odyssey84

Have tried using the GUI for changing permissions, however, it has a mind of it's own and won't unlock the folder.

Please explain what's happening.

omersattar · 03-19-2010, 10:46 PM

you can use "chmod 777 foldername/path" to change the permissions to full rights to every user on your machine

odyssey84 · 03-19-2010, 10:52 PM

I can't delete anything from the folder. I receive an error message stating that it can't create a delete folder due to permissions being set to read only.

Going to try the method by the other caller.

Thanks,

Scott

smoker · 03-19-2010, 11:21 PM

Hardly "a mind of it's own" then is it. But I'm sure you know best ...