>From a terminal command line (programs>accessories>terminal) type: sudo nautilus
This will launch nautilus (file browser) as a superuser and you should be able to read anything on the system.....You can also delete anything, so use caution... If you move/copy the files to a FAT32 volume (like a USB drive), the Linux permissions and ownership descriptors will be lost/removed and you should be able to open the files. On Aug 13, 3:32 pm, Steve <[email protected]> wrote: > I have absolutely no experience with Linux, but here is my question. > > I have files on a drive saved from a client's Linux system which need > to be copied and analyzed via Windows based software. I am using a > nice > bootable CD called 'Ubuntu' which boots as a GUI Linux OS. > > I am able to read data from the client drive and copy it to an NTFS > USB > drive. For one particular folder I encountered a large number of > files > which are marked "Unreadable" because I am not the owner. Also, > because > I am not the owner I cannot change these permission settings. > > Is there a way to login to such an O.S. as the owner ? > Does this require I approach the client and get username/passwords > etc. ? > > Any help is appreciated. Thanks ! > > ~Steve --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
