Reminding everyone that I am utterly inexperienced with Linuxhere is what I encountered and what happened.
Because I am running the Linux OS directly from bootable CD there is no established identity login for myself so I opted for J.T.F.'s approach and it seemed pretty easy. Invoking the file browser as a super user actually cleared up some permission issues for some of the sub-folders within the parent folder I was attempting to copy over the the external USB drive. However, for some reason, it did not release accessibility to all files. There were still some persistent ones which refused permission. Fortunately, our client who supplied the data followed up with some terminal syntax which cleared up the problem. (Change focus to top level directory wanting to copy) cd /media/drive/Dir/Subdir ...etc (Use this to view the folder contents for confirmation you are in the right place) ls -l (Recursively reset the file attributes so they can be copied) chmod a+r * -R This did the trick! Thanks to everyone for their help. ~Steve On Aug 14, 8:48 am, "J.T.F." <[email protected]> wrote: > 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- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
