Can't make change to home folder after changing distro
Hi,
I installed Pop OS over Linux Mint by preserving the home partition. Then, I proceed to create the same user name as the one I have in Linux Mint. This works as expected. I was able to see my files and folders on the desktop and so on. But the problem is I couldn't make change to them. I couldn't delete files and folders, I couldn't change the settings...etc. It seems I was being prevented from making change to my home folder. Any suggestion? Thanks, Vatin |
Try running
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chown -r yourname:yourgroup /home/yourname |
What fatmac said. If unsure about your primary group, run
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id <username> |
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-R in stead of -r |
Thanks. I ran in the terminal
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But in the end, I still can't make change to my home directory. Any suggestion? |
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HTH... |
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mount -o remount,rw /home |
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mount: /home: cannot remount /dev/sda3 read-write, is write-protected |
I assume you have checked ownership of files in your home directory and they do show your user owns them (by name, not uid). At this point I would actually shutdown and then restart so that the new system takes complete control and there is no vestige of the old in control. See if that clears up your read-only fs problem.
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I suppose there might be other causes. |
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journalctl -k https://ibb.co/3km5VZH I have to mention that before installing popos I was having boot problem with my previous installation. The os just wouldn’t boot up. But I couldn’t remember the message. It dropped to recovery prompt every time. |
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Could the disk have problems? |
I think this might be hardware problem after all. The latest booting attempt results in.
https://ibb.co/vjr6B5V Time to send in for a warranty claim. Lucky there's a few years left. Thanks everyone for the help :-) |
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