permissions, probably

[Liam Proven]

On 14 October 2012 21:28, rikona <rikona at sonic.net> wrote:
> I am trying to transfer/backup some dirs with large files from an XT
> box to a 10.04 box. The files are copied from XT to a USB flash drive
> formatted NTFS so it can do large files. Then copied from the USB to a
> 10.04 dir. It seems to copy them but they don't show up in konq or
> nautilus. They are there in a root terminal and are drwxr-xr-x. I
> tried chmod ugo+rwx, but it doesn't seem to change the perms.
>
> I opened a root konq and gave the 10.04 dir [in which the files are
> copied to] drwxrwxrwx perms for the dir and contents. This seems to
> have been successful as seen in the root terminal, but still nothing
> in konq/nautilus[tried reload too].
>
> I tried changing the dir perms on the XT box giving 'everyone' full
> control, but that does not seem to help. User names are different on
> the two boxes. I'd prefer to do the changes on the 10.04 box and not
> have 'everyone' for those dirs on the XT box.
>
> What am I missing? How can I change the perms so it will be seen in
> konq/nautilus, and thus be useful on the 10.04 box?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_PC_XT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2y8Sx4B2Sk

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