Can't change the owner of a folder
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I want to change the owner of a folder. The path to to that folder is /mnt/8A30AA8B30AA7DB7/Books. I want to take the ownership of that folder to change the permissions. The folder currently belongs to root. I tried the following connamds but none seem to work.
chown apoorv_potnis -R Bookssudo chown apoorv_potnis:apoorv_potnis -R Bookssudo chown apoorv_potnis:apoorv_potnis -R /mnt/8A30AA8B30AA7DB7/Bookssudo chown -R apoorv_potnis: /mnt/8A30AA8B30AA7DB7/Books
The terminal displays chown: changing ownership of '/mnt/8A30AA8B30AA7DB7/Books': Read-only file system and other files in the folder but does not actually change the ownership. Whenever I check the properties of that folder or the sub-folders, the owner is shown to be root and I cannot change the permissions or delete any file of that folder. How can I take the ownership of the folder? I'm using Ubuntu 18.04 with dual boot Windows 10.
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asked May 18 at 13:52
Apoorv Potnis
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I want to change the owner of a folder. The path to to that folder is /mnt/8A30AA8B30AA7DB7/Books. I want to take the ownership of that folder to change the permissions. The folder currently belongs to root. I tried the following connamds but none seem to work.
chown apoorv_potnis -R Bookssudo chown apoorv_potnis:apoorv_potnis -R Bookssudo chown apoorv_potnis:apoorv_potnis -R /mnt/8A30AA8B30AA7DB7/Bookssudo chown -R apoorv_potnis: /mnt/8A30AA8B30AA7DB7/Books
The terminal displays chown: changing ownership of '/mnt/8A30AA8B30AA7DB7/Books': Read-only file system and other files in the folder but does not actually change the ownership. Whenever I check the properties of that folder or the sub-folders, the owner is shown to be root and I cannot change the permissions or delete any file of that folder. How can I take the ownership of the folder? I'm using Ubuntu 18.04 with dual boot Windows 10.
permissions 18.04 automount chmod chown
asked May 18 at 13:52
Apoorv Potnis
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– damadam
May 18 at 13:57
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askubuntu.com/questions/692758/…
– damadam
May 18 at 14:10
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I've encountered similar problem on auto-mounted partition. The answer of Greg Kramida helped me a lot, you can find it here askubuntu.com/a/958491/830248
– user7547272
May 18 at 14:16
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Clue:Read-only file system.. you can not update or delete from a Read-only file system.
– Soren A
May 18 at 14:23
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Is this NTFS, not a Linux format. You can only use chown on Linux formats. Windows formats get default permissions only from mount. And if NTFS and read only probably Windows fast start or hibernation. See: askubuntu.com/questions/843153/… & askubuntu.com/questions/145902/…
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May 18 at 14:40
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I want to change the owner of a folder. The path to to that folder is /mnt/8A30AA8B30AA7DB7/Books. I want to take the ownership of that folder to change the permissions. The folder currently belongs to root. I tried the following connamds but none seem to work.
chown apoorv_potnis -R Bookssudo chown apoorv_potnis:apoorv_potnis -R Bookssudo chown apoorv_potnis:apoorv_potnis -R /mnt/8A30AA8B30AA7DB7/Bookssudo chown -R apoorv_potnis: /mnt/8A30AA8B30AA7DB7/Books
The terminal displays chown: changing ownership of '/mnt/8A30AA8B30AA7DB7/Books': Read-only file system and other files in the folder but does not actually change the ownership. Whenever I check the properties of that folder or the sub-folders, the owner is shown to be root and I cannot change the permissions or delete any file of that folder. How can I take the ownership of the folder? I'm using Ubuntu 18.04 with dual boot Windows 10.
permissions 18.04 automount chmod chown
asked May 18 at 13:52
Apoorv Potnis
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I want to change the owner of a folder. The path to to that folder is /mnt/8A30AA8B30AA7DB7/Books. I want to take the ownership of that folder to change the permissions. The folder currently belongs to root. I tried the following connamds but none seem to work.
chown apoorv_potnis -R Bookssudo chown apoorv_potnis:apoorv_potnis -R Bookssudo chown apoorv_potnis:apoorv_potnis -R /mnt/8A30AA8B30AA7DB7/Bookssudo chown -R apoorv_potnis: /mnt/8A30AA8B30AA7DB7/Books
The terminal displays chown: changing ownership of '/mnt/8A30AA8B30AA7DB7/Books': Read-only file system and other files in the folder but does not actually change the ownership. Whenever I check the properties of that folder or the sub-folders, the owner is shown to be root and I cannot change the permissions or delete any file of that folder. How can I take the ownership of the folder? I'm using Ubuntu 18.04 with dual boot Windows 10.
permissions 18.04 automount chmod chown
asked May 18 at 13:52
Apoorv Potnis
1498
edited May 19 at 7:34
asked May 18 at 13:52
Apoorv Potnis
1498
asked May 18 at 13:52
Apoorv Potnis
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asked May 18 at 13:52
Apoorv Potnis
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askubuntu.com/questions/197459/…
– damadam
May 18 at 13:57
1
askubuntu.com/questions/692758/…
– damadam
May 18 at 14:10
1
I've encountered similar problem on auto-mounted partition. The answer of Greg Kramida helped me a lot, you can find it here askubuntu.com/a/958491/830248
– user7547272
May 18 at 14:16
2
Clue:Read-only file system.. you can not update or delete from a Read-only file system.
– Soren A
May 18 at 14:23
1
Is this NTFS, not a Linux format. You can only use chown on Linux formats. Windows formats get default permissions only from mount. And if NTFS and read only probably Windows fast start or hibernation. See: askubuntu.com/questions/843153/… & askubuntu.com/questions/145902/…
– oldfred
May 18 at 14:40
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askubuntu.com/questions/197459/…
– damadam
May 18 at 13:57
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askubuntu.com/questions/692758/…
– damadam
May 18 at 14:10
1
I've encountered similar problem on auto-mounted partition. The answer of Greg Kramida helped me a lot, you can find it here askubuntu.com/a/958491/830248
– user7547272
May 18 at 14:16
2
Clue:Read-only file system.. you can not update or delete from a Read-only file system.
– Soren A
May 18 at 14:23
1
Is this NTFS, not a Linux format. You can only use chown on Linux formats. Windows formats get default permissions only from mount. And if NTFS and read only probably Windows fast start or hibernation. See: askubuntu.com/questions/843153/… & askubuntu.com/questions/145902/…
– oldfred
May 18 at 14:40
1
1
askubuntu.com/questions/197459/…
– damadam
May 18 at 13:57
askubuntu.com/questions/197459/…
– damadam
May 18 at 13:57
1
1
askubuntu.com/questions/692758/…
– damadam
May 18 at 14:10
askubuntu.com/questions/692758/…
– damadam
May 18 at 14:10
1
1
I've encountered similar problem on auto-mounted partition. The answer of Greg Kramida helped me a lot, you can find it here askubuntu.com/a/958491/830248
– user7547272
May 18 at 14:16
I've encountered similar problem on auto-mounted partition. The answer of Greg Kramida helped me a lot, you can find it here askubuntu.com/a/958491/830248
– user7547272
May 18 at 14:16
2
2
Clue:
Read-only file system .. you can not update or delete from a Read-only file system.– Soren A
May 18 at 14:23
Clue:
Read-only file system .. you can not update or delete from a Read-only file system.– Soren A
May 18 at 14:23
1
1
Is this NTFS, not a Linux format. You can only use chown on Linux formats. Windows formats get default permissions only from mount. And if NTFS and read only probably Windows fast start or hibernation. See: askubuntu.com/questions/843153/… & askubuntu.com/questions/145902/…
– oldfred
May 18 at 14:40
Is this NTFS, not a Linux format. You can only use chown on Linux formats. Windows formats get default permissions only from mount. And if NTFS and read only probably Windows fast start or hibernation. See: askubuntu.com/questions/843153/… & askubuntu.com/questions/145902/…
– oldfred
May 18 at 14:40
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As commented by user7547272 and oldfred, I disabled Fast Startup and hibernation on Windows 10, ran chown and chmod. Then I followed what was written in this post and my problem was solved.
answered May 19 at 7:23
Apoorv Potnis
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It sounds as though the directory is mounted as Read Only, instead of Read Write.
Unmount the directory, remount it as R/W
Review the man pages on mount for further details.
answered May 18 at 15:34
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2 Answers
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2 Answers
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active
oldest
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active
oldest
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active
oldest
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up vote
2
down vote
accepted
As commented by user7547272 and oldfred, I disabled Fast Startup and hibernation on Windows 10, ran chown and chmod. Then I followed what was written in this post and my problem was solved.
answered May 19 at 7:23
Apoorv Potnis
1498
add a comment |Â
up vote
2
down vote
accepted
As commented by user7547272 and oldfred, I disabled Fast Startup and hibernation on Windows 10, ran chown and chmod. Then I followed what was written in this post and my problem was solved.
answered May 19 at 7:23
Apoorv Potnis
1498
add a comment |Â
up vote
2
down vote
accepted
up vote
2
down vote
accepted
As commented by user7547272 and oldfred, I disabled Fast Startup and hibernation on Windows 10, ran chown and chmod. Then I followed what was written in this post and my problem was solved.
answered May 19 at 7:23
Apoorv Potnis
1498
As commented by user7547272 and oldfred, I disabled Fast Startup and hibernation on Windows 10, ran chown and chmod. Then I followed what was written in this post and my problem was solved.
answered May 19 at 7:23
Apoorv Potnis
1498
answered May 19 at 7:23
Apoorv Potnis
1498
answered May 19 at 7:23
Apoorv Potnis
1498
answered May 19 at 7:23
Apoorv Potnis
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up vote
1
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It sounds as though the directory is mounted as Read Only, instead of Read Write.
Unmount the directory, remount it as R/W
Review the man pages on mount for further details.
answered May 18 at 15:34
Bruce Lytle
242
add a comment |Â
up vote
1
down vote
It sounds as though the directory is mounted as Read Only, instead of Read Write.
Unmount the directory, remount it as R/W
Review the man pages on mount for further details.
answered May 18 at 15:34
Bruce Lytle
242
add a comment |Â
up vote
1
down vote
up vote
1
down vote
It sounds as though the directory is mounted as Read Only, instead of Read Write.
Unmount the directory, remount it as R/W
Review the man pages on mount for further details.
answered May 18 at 15:34
Bruce Lytle
242
It sounds as though the directory is mounted as Read Only, instead of Read Write.
Unmount the directory, remount it as R/W
Review the man pages on mount for further details.
answered May 18 at 15:34
Bruce Lytle
242
answered May 18 at 15:34
Bruce Lytle
242
answered May 18 at 15:34
Bruce Lytle
242
answered May 18 at 15:34
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– damadam
May 18 at 13:57
1
askubuntu.com/questions/692758/…
– damadam
May 18 at 14:10
1
I've encountered similar problem on auto-mounted partition. The answer of Greg Kramida helped me a lot, you can find it here askubuntu.com/a/958491/830248
– user7547272
May 18 at 14:16
2
Clue:
Read-only file system.. you can not update or delete from a Read-only file system.– Soren A
May 18 at 14:23
1
Is this NTFS, not a Linux format. You can only use chown on Linux formats. Windows formats get default permissions only from mount. And if NTFS and read only probably Windows fast start or hibernation. See: askubuntu.com/questions/843153/… & askubuntu.com/questions/145902/…
– oldfred
May 18 at 14:40