[SOLVED] Upload file doesn't work, I got errors

linux-man · 03-07-2022, 09:20 PM

I got:
"Could not read the contents of home...error opening directory /'home': Permission denied" when I tried to upload to different sites. I also noticed I got an same error when I tried to upload from my usb stick.

I saved the screenshot with GIMP to my pictures folder in desktop and presumed pictures folder would be sitting under Home somewhere. I am uncertain as to locate pictures folder i.e. navigate towards it, can someone guide me? Thanks in advance.

Debian 11

Debian6to11 · 03-07-2022, 10:11 PM

Post the actual command and the returned error so people can help you. In code tags.

linux-man · 03-07-2022, 11:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Debian6to11

Post the actual command and the returned error so people can help you. In code tags.

There is no actual code tags, and that's all the error I saw in pop up box plus my usb serial number which I left out. All I did is click a button labelled "upload" or "attach" in forums like when you want to upload something with your post and I got that error. There's not much more I can add to that. I wasn't working in terminal, strictly GUI.

I haven't taken any steps to navigate to pictures folder using terminal either, I don't know how to yet. My priority is get my pictures uploaded from any file within my desktop or usb stick which I can't do at the moment hence error message and post here. I have 2 problems in one post:
- uploads from any file are not being allowed (all info I got in post about error, no code available)
- teach me how to navigate to picture so I can upload (no code available)

breaker · 03-07-2022, 11:52 PM

go to terminal, and from the directory with the pics, run

Code:

ls -la .

then

Code:

whoami

Basically if you are not the owner of the directory and/or file, you need to change the owner with 'chown'

pan64 · 03-07-2022, 11:56 PM

would be nice to explain how did you try it exactly. Is it a browser, or what? How is it configured? Did you install plugins/extensions? How it was started? What kind of desktop is it. How it was started? (same user, different user, ....) And actually what OS is it?

linux-man · 03-08-2022, 12:15 AM

I tried uploading within tor browser version 11.06 91.6 0esr to a couple of forums unsuccessfully.

No additional plugins or extensions added to Tor browser. Tor browser came with the Debian 11 OS

I logged into desktop with password, I am its sole user at all times.

linux-man · 03-08-2022, 12:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by breaker

go to terminal, and from the directory with the pics, run

Code:

ls -la .

then

Code:

whoami

Basically if you are not the owner of the directory and/or file, you need to change the owner with 'chown'

The pictures are sitting under Home>Pictures folder (and in my usb stick), I would need to get to the pictures folder first to do what you just suggested and I don't know how to get there once I open Terminal.

breaker · 03-08-2022, 08:44 AM

use cd to change directories, or just do ls on the dir:

Code:

cd ~/Pictures

and the above, or just do

Code:

ls -la ~/Pictures

then

Code:

whoami

The tilde symbol means your home directory. Linux uses forward slashes in the paths.

Did you originally copy these from the USB drive, and did they come from an external source (camera, phone, friend, etc.)?

John VV · 03-08-2022, 02:33 PM

Quote:

I am sole user, everything was done in Tor browser

there is your issue

tor is sandboxed and uses No-Script plugin

try placing the images you want to upload in the TOR " downloads" folder
it is in the tor install folder

Debian6to11 · 03-08-2022, 05:13 PM

Try what breaker said in post #8, it must be a permission issue. Though it might explain the USB stick directory, it does not explain your own Pictures directory (or any other directory in your /home), unless you changed the owner of said directory.

linux-man · 03-08-2022, 09:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by breaker

use cd to change directories, or just do ls on the dir:

Code:

cd ~/Pictures

and the above, or just do

Code:

ls -la ~/Pictures

then

Code:

whoami

The tilde symbol means your home directory. Linux uses forward slashes in the paths.

Did you originally copy these from the USB drive, and did they come from an external source (camera, phone, friend, etc.)?

Nothing was originally copied, they are screen shots taken within a debian desktop to an usb and also to pictures folder of a desktop. They are .png and .xcf files.

The code you gave me worked I can see the screenshots sitting in terminal under Pictures folder of my desktop.Thanks

What code would I need to type to access the screenshots sitting in my usb stick? They are .png and .xcf files as well.

What code do I need to type to transfer them from pictures desktop, and from my usb, to Tor's Download folder? Becasue John VV suggests that I move the pictures to Tor browser's Downloads folder and then I may be allowed to upload the screenshots to forums.

chrism01 · 03-08-2022, 09:42 PM

Please post the o/p of the above cmds, so we can see what's going on.
Also the results of

Code:

lsblk

df -h

may be useful to us.

breaker · 03-08-2022, 10:07 PM

Sorry if I wasn't clear, but we need to see the actual output of your directory listing, and the whoami. Just need to see the 1) file permissions 2) owner of the files 3) who is logged in, and if they are the owner.

Example, here I am root, and the owner is root, and group root belongs to is root:

Code:

bash-5.1# ls -la ~/Documents
total 12
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 4096 Mar  8 20:10 .
drwx--x--- 17 root root 4096 Mar  8 19:56 ..
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   21 Mar  8 20:10 test.txt
bash-5.1# whoami
root

The first letter "d" of the first entry . means it is a directory, the next 3 are rwx, read, write, and execute allowed for the user, r-x, read and execute allowed for the group, and r-x, read and execute allowed for all others.
The test.txt entry, has permissions of read and write for root, read only for the root group, and read only for everyone else.

whoami proves that I'm root user.

This is just an example.

Here is a random page about permissions and owners, groups, etc: https://www.tutorialspoint.com/unix/...permission.htm

I have not used Tor in an age, but go ahead and try to copy them like he said, if you want. Pretty sure tor network is compromised by some entities, however. I do like privacy, but it only goes so far with Tor.

linux-man · 03-08-2022, 10:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by breaker

Sorry if I wasn't clear, but we need to see the actual output of your directory listing, and the whoami. Just need to see the 1) file permissions 2) owner of the files 3) who is logged in, and if they are the owner.

I have not used Tor in an age, but go ahead and try to copy them like he said, if you want. Pretty sure tor network is compromised by some entities, however. I do like privacy, but it only goes so far with Tor.

where is my hostname in the below info?

┌─[lenovo@lenovo]─[~]
└──╼ $cd ~/Pictures
┌─[lenovo@lenovo]─[~/Pictures]
└──╼ $ls -la ~/Pictures
total 6724
drwxr-xr-x 1 lenovo lenovo 466 Mar 8 14:03 .
drwxr-xr-x 1 lenovo lenovo 460 Mar 9 09:39 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 lenovo lenovo 97082 Mar 7 13:34 'picture a.png'
-rw-r--r-- 1 lenovo lenovo 119095 Mar 7 14:49 picture s.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 lenovo lenovo 864977 Mar 6 18:50 'picture b'
-rw-r--r-- 1 lenovo lenovo 1534835 Mar 6 18:37 'picture c'
-rw-r--r-- 1 lenovo lenovo 1302804 Mar 8 13:49 'picture d.xcf'
-rw-r--r-- 1 lenovo lenovo 2439118 Mar 8 13:44 'picture e.xcf'
-rw-r--r-- 1 lenovo lenovo 511724 Mar 8 14:03 'picture f.xcf'
┌─[lenovo@lenovo]─[~/Pictures]
└──╼ $whoami
lenovo

linux-man · 03-08-2022, 10:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chrism01

Please post the o/p of the above cmds, so we can see what's going on.
Also the results of

Code:

lsblk

df -h

may be useful to us.

Are there any serial numbers below?

┌┌─[lenovo@lenovo]─[~/Pictures]
└──╼ $lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda 8:0 1 29.4G 0 disk
└─sda1 8:1 1 29.4G 0 part /media/lenovo/FC
sdb 8:16 1 117.4G 0 disk
└─sdb1 8:17 1 117.4G 0 part /media/lenovo/AE
sr0 11:0 1 1024M 0 rom
nvme0n1 259:0 0 1.8T 0 disk
├─nvme0n1p1 259:1 0 300M 0 part /boot/efi
├─nvme0n1p2 259:2 0 1.8T 0 part
│ └─luks-abc 253:0 0 1.8T 0 crypt /home
└─nvme0n1p3 259:3 0 8.8G 0 part
└─luks-xyz 253:1 0 8.8G 0 crypt [SWAP]
┌─[lenovo@lenovo]─[~/Pictures]
└──╼ $
┌─[lenovo@lenovo]─[~/Pictures]
└──╼ $df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
udev 3.7G 0 3.7G 0% /dev
tmpfs 760M 1.5M 759M 1% /run
/dev/dm-0 1.9T 64G 1.8T 4% /
tmpfs 3.8G 0 3.8G 0% /dev/shm
tmpfs 5.0M 4.0K 5.0M 1% /run/lock
/dev/nvme0n1p1 300M 360K 300M 1% /boot/efi
/dev/dm-0 1.9T 64G 1.8T 4% /home
tmpfs 760M 112K 760M 1% /run/user/1000
/dev/sda1 30G 29G 609M 98% /media/lenovo/FC
/dev/sdb1 118G 62G 56G 53% /media/lenovo/AE
┌─[lenovo@lenovo]─[~/Pictures]
└──╼ $