okay, so i got a USB drive, and got it formatted as ext4... for linux use...
its practically useless. Permissions.
i thought when i was logged in as "root", i was like a GOD... you know, I can do whatever i WANT to... the system even displays the cool warning disclaimer "caution... you are ROOT, you could damage something"...
root is a nice CONCEPT? But it doesnt hold a candle to these permissions, lol... i managed to get a few things onto the USB i wanted to, by flitting around between several live LIN versions... the change permissions menus are blocked out for me too...
how in the &^%$ can i possibly not "be the owner of" my own USB drive, lol...
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what menu option lets me do whatever i WANT to... i thought root gave me that...
permissions...
Re: permissions...
hi you can use this menu to login in init 3 so root toor ,and your changes saved,the gui menu login in init 4 and default user is guest,btw you can use console: su and root password if you want and guest become root.
LABEL text
MENU LABEL Text mode
KERNEL vmlinuz
APPEND initrd=initrd.xz 3 changes=/porteus
TEXT HELP
Run Porteus in text mode and
start the command prompt only
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LABEL text
MENU LABEL Text mode
KERNEL vmlinuz
APPEND initrd=initrd.xz 3 changes=/porteus
TEXT HELP
Run Porteus in text mode and
start the command prompt only
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Re: permissions...
(i honestly didnt understand your answer)
uhm... I'm ALREADY root...
since i am ROOT, why "cant" i change permissions of my USB drive let me use my own USB drive?
i thought when i was logged in as root, i was able to do anything. I cant even copy and paste files on my own USB drive, lol...
uhm... I'm ALREADY root...
since i am ROOT, why "cant" i change permissions of my USB drive let me use my own USB drive?
i thought when i was logged in as root, i was able to do anything. I cant even copy and paste files on my own USB drive, lol...
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Re: permissions...
Sometimes had that problem myself. Could not do anything with a file on the usb drive, until one day used a file manager, which seemed to do the trick. But that was only one file. Only other thing I can think of is that you do not have write permission, a problem which I recently met. Then as root open terminal and do the following:
Should at least eliminate any read permission problem. Re-insert usb and check.
- Stick in the usb
- Gets device name. In my case /dev/sdb1
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fdisk -l
- (using your usb device name)
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umount /dev/sdb1 # If error message comes up, ignore and continue. mkdir usb mount /dev/sdb1 usb
- Check permission of USB like so:beginning with 'drwx'
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guest@porteus:~$ ls -ld usb drwxr-xr-x 17 root root 16384 Jan 1 1970 usb/
- Change permission for all files:
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chmod -R u+w usb/* umount usb
Should at least eliminate any read permission problem. Re-insert usb and check.
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Re: permissions...
@sedstar:
You got root from guest mode in command line. You booted root directly with the login cheatcode login=root. What do you mean you are root?
You got root from guest mode in command line. You booted root directly with the login cheatcode login=root. What do you mean you are root?
Prendre son temps, profiter de celui qui passe.
Re: permissions...
okay...
when i boot (graphic or RAM) i am login=root...
i thought that made me "root" and i "owned" everyhing everywhere... just not my USB, i guess, lol.
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on other distros?
i see examples people saying to go to terminal... and launch file manager with sudo or gksudo... making a file manager window with "all access".
i did this in Zorin with some success, although i see some error messages even though it worked...
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if anyone wonder what i am doing? i am trying to do "easy2boot" multiple distro's on one big USB thumb drive...
I can easily accomplish it in WINdoze... but only with NTFS or FAT32... i am trying to do it in linux, with USB formatted for ext4 or now ext2... my main impediment is permissions, on both the zorin-downloaded zip file, and the USB drive itself...
for what its worth? porteus is the only distro i have any need to use ext2 or ext4 for (easy save option).... everything else the other distros seem happy in fat or ntfs... I am just using this as an exercise to get more used to using LINUX in general.
when i boot (graphic or RAM) i am login=root...
i thought that made me "root" and i "owned" everyhing everywhere... just not my USB, i guess, lol.
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on other distros?
i see examples people saying to go to terminal... and launch file manager with sudo or gksudo... making a file manager window with "all access".
i did this in Zorin with some success, although i see some error messages even though it worked...
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if anyone wonder what i am doing? i am trying to do "easy2boot" multiple distro's on one big USB thumb drive...
I can easily accomplish it in WINdoze... but only with NTFS or FAT32... i am trying to do it in linux, with USB formatted for ext4 or now ext2... my main impediment is permissions, on both the zorin-downloaded zip file, and the USB drive itself...
for what its worth? porteus is the only distro i have any need to use ext2 or ext4 for (easy save option).... everything else the other distros seem happy in fat or ntfs... I am just using this as an exercise to get more used to using LINUX in general.
Re: permissions...
"sudo thunar" from the terminal window seems to be working...
sorry for being a total newb, lol...
sorry for being a total newb, lol...