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    Red face A software has turned my flash drive's filesystem into read only

    Some moments ago, I plugged my drive into a computer with some strange data protection software. It turned my drive's filesystem into read only and now it can neither be formatted nor mounted with write option. I've tried
    Code:
    $ sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb
    but it doesn't work.
    The problem is, the computer and the software that have caused this problem has lost forever. Any solution?
    Last edited by starleaf1; August 6th, 2010 at 04:36 AM.

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    Re: A software has turned my flash drive's filesystem into read only

    Boot a live CD and then open a terminal to your root filesystem of your install and run
    Code:
    chmod 770 *
    Chmod is "Change mode" for more on chmod, see:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chmod
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    Re: A software has turned my flash drive's filesystem into read only

    Quote Originally Posted by ubunterooster View Post
    Boot a live CD and then open a terminal to your root filesystem of your install and run
    Code:
    chmod 770 *
    Excuse me, but I would appreciate if you'd kindly explain what exactly this command does. I already know that chmod modifies files and directories' mode, but isn't running the command on root dir will modify all of the files?

    And more importantly, I'm running Linux on wubi. The root filesystem on my installation is inaccessible from a Live CD.

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    Re: A software has turned my flash drive's filesystem into read only

    On second thought, because some filesystem files, should have different permissions than others, I am not sure whether to stick it at 770 or 771. 770 might have some errors, but 771 can be somewhat of a slight security breach

    I think I've out thought myself
    sorry not reassuring.


















    Chmod changes read/write/execute permissions in which the first digit is owner, second is group (if you use samba shares or such) and the third is "everyone"

    1=read
    2=write
    4=execute
    3=read+write
    7=read, write, and execute

    So a owner of a file and a group assigned to it (if any) can read write and execute to it. but those not assigned to be the owner of a file or a group assigned to it could not read, write or execute.

    I would think you could go to the c/program files/ubuntu and change it there, but I have not used Wubi for nearly a year.
    Last edited by ubunterooster; August 6th, 2010 at 01:51 PM.
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