Bret Busby wrote: > > I have created a new data partition for a Ubuntu/Debian dual boot > system, using gparted from the Debian 4 installation. > > Now I have to figure out how to make the new data partition accessible. > > chmod (from the Debian system) seems to be designed to frustrate. > > it used to be that using a syntax like > chmod 777 <target> > would make a file/directory able to be written to and read from (and > executed) by anyone. > > I know that is how the syntax used to be, because I remember a person > (on a UNIX system) losing his account, when he accidentally entered > chmod . > , which changed his . file permissions to zero, and not even the > sysadmin could save his account, so he had to be issued with a new > account. > > And, I have used the numbers for permissions in Linux, when I have > previously had to change permissions, when FTP'ing files up to web sites. > > Now, it seems, that doesn't work anymore, and I can't figure out how > to make chmod work. > > I have tried using what I understand to be the required syntax from > "man chmod" for Debian 4, but I can't get it to work. It returns > errors for the syntax. > > If I use the format above, no error is returned; it just doesn't do > anything. > > " > chmod 777 /data > bretnewworkstation:~# ls -l /data > total 16 > drwx------ 2 root root 16384 2009-04-02 17:34 lost+found > " > > Attempts: > > " > bretnewworkstation:~# chmod 777 /data > bretnewworkstation:~# ls -l /data > total 16 > drwx------ 2 root root 16384 2009-04-02 17:34 lost+found > bretnewworkstation:~# chmod rwxXstugoa /data > chmod: invalid mode: `rwxXstugoa' > Try `chmod --help' for more information. > bretnewworkstation:~# chmod +rwxXstugoa /data > chmod: invalid mode: `+rwxXstugoa' > Try `chmod --help' for more information. > bretnewworkstation:~# chmod --help > Usage: chmod [OPTION]... MODE[,MODE]... FILE... > or: chmod [OPTION]... OCTAL-MODE FILE... > or: chmod [OPTION]... --reference=RFILE FILE... > Change the mode of each FILE to MODE. > > -c, --changes like verbose but report only when a change > is made > --no-preserve-root do not treat `/' specially (the default) > --preserve-root fail to operate recursively on `/' > -f, --silent, --quiet suppress most error messages > -v, --verbose output a diagnostic for every file processed > --reference=RFILE use RFILE's mode instead of MODE values > -R, --recursive change files and directories recursively > --help display this help and exit > --version output version information and exit > > Each MODE is of the form `[ugoa]*([-+=]([rwxXst]*|[ugo]))+'. > > Report bugs to <bug-coreut...@gnu.org>. > bretnewworkstation:~# chmod ugoa*+ rwx /data > chmod: invalid mode: `ugoa*+' > Try `chmod --help' for more information. > bretnewworkstation:~# chmod ugoa*+ rwx /dev/hda8 > chmod: invalid mode: `ugoa*+' > Try `chmod --help' for more information. > " > > The current status of the partition is: > " > ls -l /data > total 16 > drwx------ 2 root root 16384 2009-04-02 17:34 lost+found > " > > The Debian fstab entry (I edited the fstab file, to incorporate the > partition, from the Debian side) is > " > /dev/hdc8 /data ext3 defaults 0 0 > " > > Any helpful suggestions would be appreciated. > > -- > Bret Busby > Armadale > West Australia > .............. > > "So once you do know what the question actually is, > you'll know what the answer means." > - Deep Thought, > Chapter 28 of Book 1 of > "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: > A Trilogy In Four Parts", > written by Douglas Adams, > published by Pan Books, 1992 > > .................................................... > > Is your partition mounted rw?
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