I recovered filed from a deleted partition using testdisk. The program was easy to use and did exactly what it promised. HOWEVER, the recovered files are now in folders that are owned by root. How can I take ownership of these photos, videos and mp3's so I can deleted, copy, or edit them?

I don't know how to change permissions when I'm not root. I realize I can do this in a terminal, but I don't know the commands.

Thanks in advance for the usual timely and knowledgeable advice.

Patagriff, locked myself out in Tacoma