[SOLVED] Can't change file's owner from root to me

[Milt15]

while i am in the directory of my storage I accidentally did the sudo su command
so now almost all my file's owner and group is root


milt15@DELL:~$ cd /media/DISK_VOL2/
milt15@DELL:/media/DISK_VOL2$ sudo chown milt15 ./Acadimic/
[sudo] password for milt15:
Sorry, try again.
[sudo] password for milt15:
chown: changing ownership of `./Acadimic/': Operation not permitted
milt15@DELL:/media/DISK_VOL2$ sudo chgrp milt15 ./Acadimic/
chgrp: changing group of `./Acadimic/': Operation not permitted
milt15@DELL:/media/DISK_VOL2$ sudo chown root ./Acadimic/
milt15@DELL:/media/DISK_VOL2$ sudo chgrp root ./Acadimic/
milt15@DELL:/media/DISK_VOL2$


As you see i can't change the dir Acadimic (and also the rest of my files and subdirectories ) owner to me but I can change it to root (which is no changing since the owner was root before chown root )

any ideas ?

[ranch hand]

Remember that changing ownership is generally a BAD thing.

Try sudo nautilus.

[Sarmacid]

Try doing it recursively with the -R flag, and don't use the ./ just the folder name.

[Milt15]

milt15@DELL:/media/Milt15$ sudo nautilus
seahorse nautilus module initialized
Initializing nautilus-share extension

** (nautilus:18302): WARNING **: Unable to add monitor: Operation not supported
Nautilus-Share-Message: Called "net usershare info" but it failed: 'net usershare' returned error 255: net usershare: cannot open usershare directory /var/lib/samba/usershares. Error No such file or directory
Please ask your system administrator to enable user sharing.


--- Hash table keys for warning below:
--> file:///root

(nautilus:18302): Eel-WARNING **: "nautilus-metafile.c: metafiles" hash table still has 1 element at quit time (keys above)

(nautilus:18302): Eel-WARNING **: "nautilus-directory.c: directories" hash table still has 1 element at quit time
Shutting down nautilus-share extension
seahorse nautilus module shutdown
milt15@DELL:/media/Milt15$




milt15@DELL:/media/DISK_VOL2$ sudo chown -R milt15 ./img/
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milt15@DELL:/media/DISK_VOL2$

[sisco311]

what file system type is on the partition?

post the output of:

mount

[Milt15]

the one with DISK_VOL2 is FAT32 and the other one is external ntfs
and when I do the mount command it tells me it is already mounted

[ibutho]

AFAIK changing file ownership on an an FAT32 partition or drive from within Linux does not work although changing permissions does.

[Milt15]

well the problem to me is that to do anything i will have to do it from terminal as sudo ----
and with programs that i want to write to the file execution in root doesn't use my settings and files

so if I can solve this without changing the owner that would be also great

and when I was in sudo nautilus and opened GUI file browser when I go to file properties and change the file permission from read to read and write or from access only to create and delete it comes back fast to read only and access only

[cariboo]

You can just change the permissions on all the files in the directory by typing in a terminal:


sudo chmod -R 777 ./img

THis will recursivly change all the permissions to world read/write.

Jim

[sisco311]

the one with DISK_VOL2 is FAT32 and the other one is external ntfs
and when I do the mount command it tells me it is already mounted

you can set the permissions and owner at mount time.
how did you mount the partitions?


please post:

sudo fdisk -l
sudo blkid
cat /etc/fstab

in the fstab you need to add a new entry(or modify the old):

UUUID=<uuid of the partition> /media/mount-point type(vfat or ntfs) default,umask=002,gid=46 0 0

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Fstab

[Milt15]

I did the


milt15@DELL:~$ cd /media/DISK_VOL2/
milt15@DELL:/media/DISK_VOL2$ sudo chmod -R 777 ./
[sudo] password for milt15:
milt15@DELL:/media/DISK_VOL2$


but permissions wasn't changed

and the I made the partition mount automatically (by changing noauto option to auto at the fstab )


milt15@DELL:/media/DISK_VOL2$ sudo fdisk -l
[sudo] password for milt15:

Disk /dev/sda: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14593 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xe095e095

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 3649 29310561 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 3650 13799 81529875 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5 3650 7298 29310561 b W95 FAT32
/dev/sda6 7299 10947 29310561 b W95 FAT32
/dev/sda7 10948 11194 1983996 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda8 * 11195 12110 7357738+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda9 12111 12749 5132736 83 Linux
/dev/sda10 12750 13397 5205028+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda11 13398 13799 3229033+ 83 Linux

Disk /dev/sdb: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x8c72f654

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 1 19457 156288321 7 HPFS/NTFS
milt15@DELL:/media/DISK_VOL2$ sudo blkid
/dev/sda1: LABEL="ST" UUID="e945adcf-5052-4d08-82ab-82125a67777e" SEC_TYPE="ext2" TYPE="ext3"
/dev/sda5: LABEL="DISK1_VOL2" UUID="71BF-EC69" TYPE="vfat"
/dev/sda6: LABEL="DISK1_VOL3" UUID="753E-696B" TYPE="vfat"
/dev/sda7: TYPE="swap" UUID="5dde72da-f7a4-4262-baf5-5284bd401891"
/dev/sda8: UUID="a6bf3160-969c-43ac-bd22-27a81b66f9b0" TYPE="ext3"
/dev/sda9: UUID="d3b84434-8d52-4693-b44e-653cb1294947" SEC_TYPE="ext2" TYPE="ext3"
/dev/sda10: LABEL="Dreamlinux" UUID="f40b284f-055f-4d7e-b2fb-7f82888ee1a9" SEC_TYPE="ext2" TYPE="ext3"
/dev/sda11: UUID="019f0173-e0e6-4a68-8367-0c654e15d28b" SEC_TYPE="ext2" TYPE="ext3"
/dev/sdb1: UUID="F64CA0F34CA0B033" LABEL="Milt15" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sdc: UUID="CCDD-2A41" TYPE="vfat"
milt15@DELL:/media/DISK_VOL2$ cat /etc/fstab
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# /dev/sda8
UUID=a6bf3160-969c-43ac-bd22-27a81b66f9b0 / ext3 relatime,errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /dev/sda7
UUID=5dde72da-f7a4-4262-baf5-5284bd401891 none swap sw 0 0
# /dev/sda5, size=58621122, type=11: FAT32 (extended)
/dev/sda5 /media/DISK_VOL2 vfat user,exec,rw,auto
# /dev/sda6, size=58621122, type=11: FAT32 (extended)
/dev/sda6 /media/DISK_VOL3 vfat user,exec,rw,auto

milt15@DELL:/media/DISK_VOL2$

[Vantrax]

assuming its ntfs

sudo aptitude install ntfs-config


Press Alt + F2, to get the ‘Run Application’ dialog box.
type in gksudo ntfs-config and click Run

Tick ‘Enable write support for external device

[Milt15]

I have write support on ntfs but i don't have the permission to the files
I was on the dir and entered sudo su so all files and subdirectories owner changed to root and I can't change the owner nor permissions ( don't know why )

see this I have the read an execute premissions and after I did sudo chmod -R 777 ./
I still have the same permissions


milt15@DELL:/media/DISK_VOL2$ ls -l
total 533728
drwxr-xr-x 11 root root 32768 2008-12-04 13:44 ?????
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 16384 2008-08-22 22:33 ????????? ????????
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 25341 2008-04-08 00:31 111.pdf
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 110878 2008-07-31 00:18 140-00423-0-EM84510.pdf
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 152376 2008-10-24 16:24 2008-afd_plugin.zip.zip
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 16384 2008-12-02 20:16 3gp
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 16384 2008-11-04 19:04 680+ Math Books Collection
drwxr-xr-x 34 root root 16384 2008-12-19 16:58 Acadimic
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2435072 2007-11-29 18:12 A_family_with_17_children_.ppt
drwxr-xr-x 13 root root 16384 2008-11-21 02:22 Age of Empires 3
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 12087 2007-06-05 22:03 Aget.docx
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 50688 2007-11-21 22:00 ali-hassan.doc
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 123546 2008-10-20 19:05 and.pdf.pdf
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 34371 2008-10-20 19:04 anrist.pdf.pdf
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 106952 2008-05-26 01:16 apr18_2008_slides.pdf
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 16384 2008-06-25 21:55 Ara
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 32768 2008-12-04 19:00 Ares
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 194016 2008-12-14 19:41 bestblacklist_s60_3_v_2_01.sisx
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 184518 2008-09-23 16:10 bestblacklist_s60_3_v_2_01.zip
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 16384 2008-09-05 10:50 bios
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 16384 2008-12-14 19:42 BlackList
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 11638 2008-09-23 16:09 Black List v114.zip
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 66 2008-10-20 19:26 books
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 11365936 2008-11-22 19:11 brainworkshop-4.3.zip
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3118187 2008-10-18 19:22 BreakingTheLaw.mp3
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 16384 2008-11-28 16:17 bt
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 118784 2008-06-04 15:44 BUE - Lecture.doc
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 16384 2008-12-01 22:19 C# 2008 books
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 8087085 2008-06-04 23:31 C%2B%2B For Dummies.pdf
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 261632 2008-07-30 15:03 CALL FOR POSTERS.doc
drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 16384 2008-08-20 02:39 ccna
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3305600 2008-09-25 20:00 cd080802.zip
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 2008-10-20 18:39 COMG_20081001_Oct_2008.PDF.PDF
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 32768 2008-07-30 00:57 d
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 16384 2008-06-18 18:46 DeepBurner
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 23552 2008-07-12 03:27 digikam3.db
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5672 2008-07-12 03:28 digikam3.db-journal
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 16384 2008-08-03 02:14 Documents
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 23510720 2006-11-22 07:21 dotnetfx.exe
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 19344 2008-06-23 02:30 encryption key.txt
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 16384 2008-12-09 19:17 flash
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 734833 2008-04-04 15:32 Flash Memory Toolkit.rar
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 275968 2007-06-22 01:53 FrogLeap.xls
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 16384 2008-01-26 14:06 funstuff
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 363520 2008-03-22 20:20 future job.pps
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 91 2008-04-06 17:48 Geeky!.url
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1640570 2008-07-30 14:54 GOLDRush_July_2008_v2.1.pdf
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 16384 2008-08-30 18:14 Google Desktop Data
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 8142712 2008-08-02 00:39 google-gadgets_0.10.0-0~getdeb1_amd64.deb
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 8403 2008-07-03 17:24 grub.txt
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 2008-07-01 15:40 grub.txt~
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 16384 2008-07-11 20:25 GTA Vice City User Files
drwxr-xr-x 19 root root 16384 2008-08-08 18:07 HaCk3rZ
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 16384 2008-03-30 10:55 homework
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 16384 2008-11-05 20:29 home work
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1630 2008-03-31 07:11 homework.rar
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 16384 2008-11-11 00:31 How to burn and play ps2 games without modchip
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1182981 2008-05-12 17:43 How to burn and play ps2 games without modchip.rar
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5261118 2008-12-14 19:46 i am rock.mp3
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2804974 2008-05-05 15:55 IEEEComSoc_2007.pdf
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1041581 2008-05-18 11:17 Image039.jpg
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 16384 2008-11-05 20:29 img
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 228765 2008-05-20 22:07 Incubation and Technology Parks for Economic Growth.pdf
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 16384 2008-08-02 21:21 Internet
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 951 2008-03-31 22:47 iSpeak.zip
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 6217 2008-05-15 15:32 iWappy.swf
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5851595 2008-07-31 00:17 JAP.jar
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 16384 2008-04-09 20:19 Java
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 605264 2008-07-30 22:52 jUploadr-1.1.2-linuxGTK-i386.tar.gz
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2222358 2008-11-05 22:03 KAUST-grad-programs.pdf
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 876612 2008-08-02 01:07 launchy_2.1.1-1~getdeb1_i386.deb
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 16384 2008-12-02 20:31 lfs
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 584314 2008-11-13 19:14 lightsword.zip
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 33280 2008-03-26 23:35 Linux.doc
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 16384 2008-11-25 10:43 mandriva-linux-free-2009-dvd-x86_64
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 278 2008-06-18 16:05 Masha blog.url
drwxr-xr-x 18 root root 16384 2008-07-09 02:20 matlab7
drwxr-xr-x 11 root root 16384 2008-07-11 03:02 Maxima-5.15.0
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 16384 2008-08-22 22:30 mb
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1544 2008-10-30 14:27 menu.lst
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 84502688 2008-07-11 05:21 Michael & Sara - Soulmates Never Die xvid.avi
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1566203 2008-03-26 00:04 Mind Powers-How to Use and Control Your Mind.pdf
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 16384 2008-11-03 06:17 M I T
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 16384 2008-04-09 20:10 Mohammed's doc
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 16384 2008-08-08 18:07 money
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 88 2008-04-06 17:48 More Downloads!.url
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 16384 2008-11-05 18:47 Music
drwxr-xr-x 34 root root 16384 2008-12-18 19:47 My Pictures
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 15 2008-08-18 22:39 New Text Document (2).txt
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5722240 2008-10-24 00:43 Nogomi.com_01.Jannat-Habibi_3la_Neyato.mp3.mp3
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 16384 2008-11-13 20:15 openobex
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 16384 2008-11-21 21:05 PaP3r
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 12089 2008-09-22 21:52 pclos-hardware-certified.png
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1038776 2008-08-09 16:19 pcsx2_0.9.4-1~getdeb1_amd64.deb
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 15596 2008-08-01 16:54 peterarz.gif
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 617 2008-03-26 01:10 PHP-injection-Mahmood.zip
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 16384 2008-12-02 20:09 Portable
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 16384 2008-05-16 19:16 Practical Hacking Techniques & Countermeasures
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 16384 2008-05-15 01:01 Projects
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 57406 2008-10-20 19:08 PS1.pdf.pdf
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 16384 2008-06-25 01:49 ps2
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1522483 2008-04-01 18:33 pssdk_dll_ver_3_0.zip
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 462848 2007-11-15 18:01 putty.exe
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 16384 2008-11-22 19:16 Pyhthon
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 403213 2008-10-11 01:17 RAR Password Cracker 4.12.zip.zip
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 232893 2008-10-20 19:07 Ravi.pdf.pdf
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1734 2002-10-14 11:26 readme.txt
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5255188 2007-05-13 07:59 Red Hat Linux Fedora For Dummies.chm
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 16384 2008-08-08 18:07 Resources
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 498288 2008-12-10 01:42 Riverbedthehandbookofapplicationdelivery.pdf
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 13708 2008-09-25 02:46 showpic.dml
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 16384 2008-09-23 15:18 SmallNetBuilder - Small Network Help - How To Crack WPA _ WPA2_files
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 40347192 2008-11-02 20:20 Speak_English.rar
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 13153 2008-10-17 19:11 -=[SUMOTorrent.com]=-_USBExtreme_USBAdvance__USB_Loader_(FULL_NEW)_ST18 17565.torrent.torrent
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 13113 2008-10-17 19:10 -=[SUMOTorrent.com]=-_USBExtreme_USBAdvance__USB_Loader.torrent.torrent
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 367593 2008-09-25 19:59 super_grub_disk_castellano_usb_0.9763.tar.gz
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1635488 2008-12-10 01:43 the-public-domain.pdf
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 90785 2008-10-20 19:05 Toplak-disjunctive-JEdP02.pdf.pdf
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 124 2008-03-30 10:41 tp02b114.bat
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 16384 2008-12-05 00:20 txt
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 16384 2008-05-16 19:16 Ubuntu Hacks Tips and Tools for Exploring, Using, and Tuning Linux
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 16384 2008-10-13 21:12 unebootin
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3627996 2008-09-25 19:54 unetbootin-linux-282
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1559706 2008-09-25 19:49 unetbootin-source-281.zip
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 9012303 2008-11-13 19:30 unetbootin-ubuntu710rev99-2.noarch.rpm
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3859456 2008-07-18 17:11 unetbootin-windows-241.exe
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 661022 2008-05-20 20:48 untitled.bmp
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 100422 2008-10-17 19:16 USBeXtreme.zip.zip
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 982609 2008-11-13 19:21 Wa3D-ToolKit-1.0.0-VC++6.0.zip
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 611 2008-06-23 02:31 way.txt
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 235875 2008-10-24 02:12 WebsiteSecurityTests.pdf.pdf
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 295010304 2008-07-29 13:06 wiki.iso
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 35328 2008-07-30 19:01 winbox.exe
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 16384 2008-12-15 18:22 wine
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 16384 2008-06-25 02:03 Xbox
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 917777 2008-03-25 06:42 xx.pdf
milt15@DELL:/media/DISK_VOL2$ sudo chmod -R 777 ./
[sudo] password for milt15:
milt15@DELL:/media/DISK_VOL2$ ls -l
total 533728
drwxr-xr-x 11 root root 32768 2008-12-04 13:44 ?????
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 16384 2008-08-22 22:33 ????????? ????????
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 25341 2008-04-08 00:31 111.pdf
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 110878 2008-07-31 00:18 140-00423-0-EM84510.pdf
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 152376 2008-10-24 16:24 2008-afd_plugin.zip.zip
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 16384 2008-12-02 20:16 3gp
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 16384 2008-11-04 19:04 680+ Math Books Collection
drwxr-xr-x 34 root root 16384 2008-12-19 16:58 Acadimic
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2435072 2007-11-29 18:12 A_family_with_17_children_.ppt
drwxr-xr-x 13 root root 16384 2008-11-21 02:22 Age of Empires 3
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 12087 2007-06-05 22:03 Aget.docx
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 50688 2007-11-21 22:00 ali-hassan.doc
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 123546 2008-10-20 19:05 and.pdf.pdf
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 34371 2008-10-20 19:04 anrist.pdf.pdf
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 106952 2008-05-26 01:16 apr18_2008_slides.pdf
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 16384 2008-06-25 21:55 Ara
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 32768 2008-12-04 19:00 Ares
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 194016 2008-12-14 19:41 bestblacklist_s60_3_v_2_01.sisx
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 184518 2008-09-23 16:10 bestblacklist_s60_3_v_2_01.zip
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 16384 2008-09-05 10:50 bios
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 16384 2008-12-14 19:42 BlackList
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 11638 2008-09-23 16:09 Black List v114.zip
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 66 2008-10-20 19:26 books
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 11365936 2008-11-22 19:11 brainworkshop-4.3.zip
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3118187 2008-10-18 19:22 BreakingTheLaw.mp3
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 16384 2008-11-28 16:17 bt
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 118784 2008-06-04 15:44 BUE - Lecture.doc
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 16384 2008-12-01 22:19 C# 2008 books
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 8087085 2008-06-04 23:31 C%2B%2B For Dummies.pdf
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 261632 2008-07-30 15:03 CALL FOR POSTERS.doc
drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 16384 2008-08-20 02:39 ccna
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3305600 2008-09-25 20:00 cd080802.zip
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 2008-10-20 18:39 COMG_20081001_Oct_2008.PDF.PDF
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 32768 2008-07-30 00:57 d
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 16384 2008-06-18 18:46 DeepBurner
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 23552 2008-07-12 03:27 digikam3.db
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5672 2008-07-12 03:28 digikam3.db-journal
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 16384 2008-08-03 02:14 Documents
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 23510720 2006-11-22 07:21 dotnetfx.exe
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 19344 2008-06-23 02:30 encryption key.txt
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 16384 2008-12-09 19:17 flash
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 734833 2008-04-04 15:32 Flash Memory Toolkit.rar
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 275968 2007-06-22 01:53 FrogLeap.xls
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 16384 2008-01-26 14:06 funstuff
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 363520 2008-03-22 20:20 future job.pps
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 91 2008-04-06 17:48 Geeky!.url
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1640570 2008-07-30 14:54 GOLDRush_July_2008_v2.1.pdf
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 16384 2008-08-30 18:14 Google Desktop Data
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 8142712 2008-08-02 00:39 google-gadgets_0.10.0-0~getdeb1_amd64.deb
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 8403 2008-07-03 17:24 grub.txt
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 2008-07-01 15:40 grub.txt~
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 16384 2008-07-11 20:25 GTA Vice City User Files
drwxr-xr-x 19 root root 16384 2008-08-08 18:07 HaCk3rZ
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 16384 2008-03-30 10:55 homework
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 16384 2008-11-05 20:29 home work
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1630 2008-03-31 07:11 homework.rar
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 16384 2008-11-11 00:31 How to burn and play ps2 games without modchip
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1182981 2008-05-12 17:43 How to burn and play ps2 games without modchip.rar
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5261118 2008-12-14 19:46 i am rock.mp3
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2804974 2008-05-05 15:55 IEEEComSoc_2007.pdf
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1041581 2008-05-18 11:17 Image039.jpg
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 16384 2008-11-05 20:29 img
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 228765 2008-05-20 22:07 Incubation and Technology Parks for Economic Growth.pdf
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 16384 2008-08-02 21:21 Internet
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 951 2008-03-31 22:47 iSpeak.zip
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 6217 2008-05-15 15:32 iWappy.swf
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5851595 2008-07-31 00:17 JAP.jar
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 16384 2008-04-09 20:19 Java
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 605264 2008-07-30 22:52 jUploadr-1.1.2-linuxGTK-i386.tar.gz
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2222358 2008-11-05 22:03 KAUST-grad-programs.pdf
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 876612 2008-08-02 01:07 launchy_2.1.1-1~getdeb1_i386.deb
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 16384 2008-12-02 20:31 lfs
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 584314 2008-11-13 19:14 lightsword.zip
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 33280 2008-03-26 23:35 Linux.doc
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 16384 2008-11-25 10:43 mandriva-linux-free-2009-dvd-x86_64
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 278 2008-06-18 16:05 Masha blog.url
drwxr-xr-x 18 root root 16384 2008-07-09 02:20 matlab7
drwxr-xr-x 11 root root 16384 2008-07-11 03:02 Maxima-5.15.0
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 16384 2008-08-22 22:30 mb
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1544 2008-10-30 14:27 menu.lst
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 84502688 2008-07-11 05:21 Michael & Sara - Soulmates Never Die xvid.avi
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1566203 2008-03-26 00:04 Mind Powers-How to Use and Control Your Mind.pdf
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 16384 2008-11-03 06:17 M I T
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 16384 2008-04-09 20:10 Mohammed's doc
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 16384 2008-08-08 18:07 money
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 88 2008-04-06 17:48 More Downloads!.url
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 16384 2008-11-05 18:47 Music
drwxr-xr-x 34 root root 16384 2008-12-18 19:47 My Pictures
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 15 2008-08-18 22:39 New Text Document (2).txt
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5722240 2008-10-24 00:43 Nogomi.com_01.Jannat-Habibi_3la_Neyato.mp3.mp3
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 16384 2008-11-13 20:15 openobex
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 16384 2008-11-21 21:05 PaP3r
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 12089 2008-09-22 21:52 pclos-hardware-certified.png
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1038776 2008-08-09 16:19 pcsx2_0.9.4-1~getdeb1_amd64.deb
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 15596 2008-08-01 16:54 peterarz.gif
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 617 2008-03-26 01:10 PHP-injection-Mahmood.zip
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 16384 2008-12-02 20:09 Portable
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 16384 2008-05-16 19:16 Practical Hacking Techniques & Countermeasures
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 16384 2008-05-15 01:01 Projects
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 57406 2008-10-20 19:08 PS1.pdf.pdf
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 16384 2008-06-25 01:49 ps2
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1522483 2008-04-01 18:33 pssdk_dll_ver_3_0.zip
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 462848 2007-11-15 18:01 putty.exe
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 16384 2008-11-22 19:16 Pyhthon
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 403213 2008-10-11 01:17 RAR Password Cracker 4.12.zip.zip
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 232893 2008-10-20 19:07 Ravi.pdf.pdf
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1734 2002-10-14 11:26 readme.txt
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5255188 2007-05-13 07:59 Red Hat Linux Fedora For Dummies.chm
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 16384 2008-08-08 18:07 Resources
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 498288 2008-12-10 01:42 Riverbedthehandbookofapplicationdelivery.pdf
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 13708 2008-09-25 02:46 showpic.dml
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 16384 2008-09-23 15:18 SmallNetBuilder - Small Network Help - How To Crack WPA _ WPA2_files
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 40347192 2008-11-02 20:20 Speak_English.rar
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 13153 2008-10-17 19:11 -=[SUMOTorrent.com]=-_USBExtreme_USBAdvance__USB_Loader_(FULL_NEW)_ST18 17565.torrent.torrent
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 13113 2008-10-17 19:10 -=[SUMOTorrent.com]=-_USBExtreme_USBAdvance__USB_Loader.torrent.torrent
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 367593 2008-09-25 19:59 super_grub_disk_castellano_usb_0.9763.tar.gz
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1635488 2008-12-10 01:43 the-public-domain.pdf
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 90785 2008-10-20 19:05 Toplak-disjunctive-JEdP02.pdf.pdf
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 124 2008-03-30 10:41 tp02b114.bat
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 16384 2008-12-05 00:20 txt
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 16384 2008-05-16 19:16 Ubuntu Hacks Tips and Tools for Exploring, Using, and Tuning Linux
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 16384 2008-10-13 21:12 unebootin
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3627996 2008-09-25 19:54 unetbootin-linux-282
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1559706 2008-09-25 19:49 unetbootin-source-281.zip
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 9012303 2008-11-13 19:30 unetbootin-ubuntu710rev99-2.noarch.rpm
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3859456 2008-07-18 17:11 unetbootin-windows-241.exe
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 661022 2008-05-20 20:48 untitled.bmp
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 100422 2008-10-17 19:16 USBeXtreme.zip.zip
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 982609 2008-11-13 19:21 Wa3D-ToolKit-1.0.0-VC++6.0.zip
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 611 2008-06-23 02:31 way.txt
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 235875 2008-10-24 02:12 WebsiteSecurityTests.pdf.pdf
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 295010304 2008-07-29 13:06 wiki.iso
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 35328 2008-07-30 19:01 winbox.exe
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 16384 2008-12-15 18:22 wine
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 16384 2008-06-25 02:03 Xbox
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 917777 2008-03-25 06:42 xx.pdf
milt15@DELL:/media/DISK_VOL2$

[cdenley]

fat16 and fat32 cannot store any unix permissions, so even if any chmod, chown, chgrp commands succeed, they will disappear as soon as the filesystem is unmounted. The entire filesystem is assigned permissions at mount time. You can use mount options such as uid, gid, umask, dmask, or fmask.



man mount




# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# /dev/sda8
UUID=a6bf3160-969c-43ac-bd22-27a81b66f9b0 / ext3 relatime,errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /dev/sda7
UUID=5dde72da-f7a4-4262-baf5-5284bd401891 none swap sw 0 0
# /dev/sda5, size=58621122, type=11: FAT32 (extended)
/dev/sda5 /media/DISK_VOL2 vfat uid=1000,user,exec,rw,auto
# /dev/sda6, size=58621122, type=11: FAT32 (extended)
/dev/sda6 /media/DISK_VOL3 vfat uid=1000,user,exec,rw,auto

[albinootje]

the one with DISK_VOL2 is FAT32 and the other one is external ntfs
and when I do the mount command it tells me it is already mounted

You cannot change ownership on a FAT-partition like your normally would.

FAT is a very primitive and old-fashioned file-system from the days when DOS was popular. (IBM-DOS,DR-DOS,Novell-DOS,MS-DOS etc.)
FAT has been a little improved through the years by Microsoft, but it continued not having proper file-permission support.
(NTFS does support file-permissions)

If you want to give your normal user full read/write permissions to a FAT partition, then use the umask mount option.
Read the mount manual page, the section about FAT : man mount
And see here :
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MountingWindowsPartitions
You can also use the uid and gid options to only give access to your user.

[Milt15]

thanks alot cdenly
I have put the option uid=1000 in the fstab and it worked great

the user identifier idea is great and thnx for everyon who helped here

[ben2talk]

You can just change the permissions on all the files in the directory by typing in a terminal:


sudo chmod -R 777 ./img

THis will recursivly change all the permissions to world read/write.

Jim

" this WILL"

but it DIDN:T !! I tried this on my NTFS partition, which I made and wrote the files to either as myself or as root.