RESOLVED ** Re: Permissions problem in Jaunty. ** THANKS

[Steven Vollom]

On Sunday 26 April 2009 01:02:25 pm Nils Kassube wrote:
> Ric Moore wrote:
> > On Fri, 2009-04-24 at 08:23 +0200, Nils Kassube wrote:
> > >  If you
> > > want total freedom for each user on your machine to do with the
> > > file system whatever he pleases, we are back in the time of CP/M or
> > > DOS. I don't think many users would vote for those systems.
> >
> > I had a collection of Multiple machines/terminals running/using cp/m
> > and used mp/m on the central server, which was secure with regards to
> > the diff between admin and users.
>
> Interesting. I didn't know that MP/M had privilege separation.
>
> > A 64bit cp/m would be cool! Imagine
> > tossing gigs of memory to it! SuperCalc would scream. <chuckles> Ric
>
> Sure, 64bit CP/M would be cool. OTOH, the only thing I really miss from
> those days is the time from power on till command prompt of less than
> half a second (all programs in EPROM disk :)
>
>
> Nils

Being the only one using my machine, I don't have the same security problems.  
Additionally, I have little to protect, so security does not concern me as it 
would a business with multiple users.  I don't even want to be lazy, I just 
haven't been looking at the problem through eyes of a common user.

I found a way to give myself the permissions that I want.  I thought I tried 
and failed using the selfsame procedure, however, it is obvious I did not.  
For the benefit of someone looking on with my level of experience, here is what 
I did to solve the problem.

I opened Dolphin using sudo in a konsole.  ~$ sudo dolphin; I opened the 
appropriate partition /media/disk/ to fine a computer generated lost+found 
folder.  I right-clicked on the open space and selected Properties.  In 
properties I selected the Permissions tab.  I gave myself permission to 
read/write as owner, and checked the box confirming same.  I closed everything 
and opened the partition again.  This time, I was able to create a folder and 
will now be able to use the partition.

Thanks for the ongoing patience of the List.

Steven