Changing Permissions SOLVED

Hi all!

I have an external hard drive that i used to use with an ubuntu system that i had. When i conect it to the AAO everything is fine but i don't have permission to copy some files etc. Does anyone know how to change the permissions on the disk? or how can i log in as root?

PS i'm not that good with the comand line... so please be polite...

 

Re: Changing Permissions

Two options:

1. Change the permissions of everything on the drive. The risk here is that there are good reasons why some files may be under different permissions! For this you need to find the mount point of the drive: say it's /media/disk, then in the terminal you do

Code:

chmod -R 777 /media/disk/

2. Run the file manager as root. The risk here is that you can move files around as root which could damage your system. In a terminal do

Code:

sudo thunar

 

Re: Changing Permissions

Hi thnx for the help!!!

I don't worry about moving files that i souldn't, this is an old HDD from a laptop running Ubuntu that went dead and i had some really important documents in there. Unfortunantly my windows pc won't recognise the disk but my AAO does i just don't have permissions on some files. I'll just copy those and format the disk.

I'll try out what you told me in a while and post again!!!

Marry x-mas all!!!!

 

Re: Changing Permissions

Thnx daldred sudo thunar solved the problem, copying my files right now
Thnx alot for the help!!!
Happy Hillydays!!!