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Old 06-16-2005, 07:05 AM   #1
SlipAway172
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backup recovery file permissions problem


ok to start out im pretty new to the commands. i first started by mounting my windows hdd under hdb1 and mounting it to /mnt. i cp -r from /mnt /home/slipaway172/ and the files that i copied have a "lock" on the folder and when i click on it , the folder will dissappear. if i login to gnome under root, ( i know bad thing , i disconnected from internet when i did) i can gain complete access and look at any files. the files permissions states that they are owned by root. i went to the parent folder and changed the owner to slipaway172, i expected for it to apply this to all subfiles and subfolders. how can i change the permissions of all of the files so a normal user can, read write, and execute ? i have looked around for chmod but never figured out how to correctly use it.
 
Old 06-17-2005, 12:10 PM   #2
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disclosure: I too am a relativenewbie so take this with some grains *

the -R option to chown means do it recursively. E.g:

sudo chown -R yourname:yourgroup /your/stuff

As for the windows, did you mount it with -t ntfs? afaik ntfs is read-only. you don't want to try to write to your windoze ntfs partitions from linux. you certainly can copy windoze data and chown it.

* I just want to up my karmic balance by replying to a replyless thread (-:
 
  


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