> Does anyone know how to change the .gvfs directory permissions? (other > than boot up Knoppix and do it that way?)
It is the "Gnome Virtual File System" - a pseudo-file system similar in concept to /proc or /sys (e.g. it looks like it's there, but it doesn't really exist on disk). Wikipedia has a short article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GVFS I gather that the code that supports this "file system" doesn't follow the standards for a working file system (presumably because Gnome didn't need those). Consequently it doesn't really have files or permissions or owners. That's why even root can't manipulate it. Since it doesn't have real data in it, you can exclude it from your backups, like you do for /proc. If you're a KDE user, you can uninstall a Gnome package to make it go away -- though which package varies from distro to distro. -Brian -- -------------------- Brian P. Martin, Chief Consultant Martin Consulting Services, Inc. Phone: 503-617-4500 E-mail: [email protected] _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
