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From: Joseph <syscon780@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] USB permission/owner - change not allowed as root
Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2013 20:56:57 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20131230035657.GJ15186@syscon7.ed.shawcable.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <52C0EB56.30702@gmail.com>

On 12/29/13 21:41, Dale wrote:
>Joseph wrote:
>> After recent upgrade when I mount my USB and try as root:
>>
>> chown joseph:users /media/stick/Ancient-Electricity_new.ppt chown:
>> changing ownership of ‘/media/stick/Ancient-Electricity_new.ppt’:
>> Operation not permitted
>>
>> file ownership is:
>> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5796864 Mar  6  2013 Ancient-Electricity_new.ppt
>>
>
>Is it mounted Read Only?  It's the only thing I can think of.  I'm not
>sure if that would keep it from changing it if it is either.
>
>Dale
>
>:-)  :-)
>
>-- 
>I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words!
>

When I open the USB stick, it doesn't say anything (on the top) "read only mode".

-- 
Joseph


  reply	other threads:[~2013-12-30  3:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-12-30  2:42 [gentoo-user] USB permission/owner - change not allowed as root Joseph
2013-12-30  3:41 ` Dale
2013-12-30  3:56   ` Joseph [this message]
2013-12-30  4:05     ` covici
2013-12-30  4:14       ` Joseph
2013-12-30  4:12   ` Joseph
2013-12-30 16:52     ` wabenbau
2013-12-31  1:38       ` Neil Bothwick
2013-12-31  2:30         ` wabenbau
2013-12-31  8:31           ` Alan McKinnon
2013-12-31 17:45             ` wabenbau
2013-12-30  7:51 ` Edward M
2013-12-30  8:38   ` Alan McKinnon
2013-12-30  9:41     ` Edward M
2013-12-30 16:32     ` Joseph
2013-12-30 16:36       ` Randolph Maaßen
2013-12-30 17:22         ` Joseph
2013-12-31  8:49           ` Alan McKinnon
2013-12-31 16:06             ` Joseph
2013-12-31 16:18               ` Alan McKinnon
2013-12-31 22:08                 ` [gentoo-user] " walt
2013-12-31 22:49                   ` »Q«
2013-12-31 18:03               ` [gentoo-user] " Bruce Hill
2014-01-01  2:14                 ` Joseph
2014-01-01  8:19                   ` Neil Bothwick
2013-12-30 18:06 ` Bruce Hill

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