EXT4 permissions question

[b1001421]

I recently put files on my external drive that is formatted as EXT4. I named the external drive Seagate

I ran the command "sudo chmod -R 777 /media/myaccount/Seagate" , entered my password and the terminal didn't display anything.

Did I use that command correctly? I do not know much about EXT4 or permissions. I know what the command does but I don't know if I was supposed to enter that or the /dev/sdb1 line.

[Dennis N]

It probaby executed your command. There is no output in this case. Probe into the Seagate directory and check the permissions of the files and folders to see what happened.

[merlyn2748]

run

ls -l

in that directory and it will list the permissions since you wanted the files to be chmoded to 777 you should see something like:

-rwxrwxrwx

[papibe]

Hi b1001421.

...entered my password and the terminal didn't display anything.

Linux uses this philosophy to whether report success or not:

No news is good news.

(Inherited from Unix BTW).

Most commands has a 'verbose' (-v) option that would report more information, specifically success reports. In this case, you could use:

sudo chmod -v -R 777 /media/myaccount/Seagate

Hope it helps.
Regards.

[b1001421]

run in that directory and it will list the permissions since you wanted the files to be chmoded to 777 you should see something like:

Every file in the directory is showing drwxrwxrwx in the list. Thanks!

Hi b1001421.

Linux uses this philosophy to whether report success or not:

(Inherited from Unix BTW).

Most commands has a 'verbose' (-v) option that would report more information, specifically success reports. In this case, you could use:

sudo chmod -v -R 777 /media/myaccount/Seagate

Hope it helps.
Regards.

Ah, I didn't even think of the verbose command. I did try it when I copied over a few more files and it showed everything! Thanks



I really appreciate the help.