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On Tue, 2015-08-18 at 14:38 +0100, Richard Brown wrote: > Hi > > I have a backup from a Mac drive with files I need to move to a Linux > distro. When I mount the drive it allows me to see the folders and files > but if I try any changes or opening the folders I need to open it > doesn't let me. It says you do not have the permissions necessary to > view the contents of "Movies". The file is owned by user #502. I have > tried using sudo chmod -R ugo+rw '/media/richard/Macintosh > HD/Users/richardbrown/Movies' but it returns chmod: changing permissions > of â/media/richard/Macintosh HD/Users/richardbrown/Movies/Horse.movâ: > Read-only file system > > Any thoughts on where to go next please? > > -- > Kind regards > > Richard Brown > 07747 343637 > http://gucu.org.uk/ > > A simple GUI for this is "Disks" if not already installed allows you to change ownership, permissions and mount points in the "more actions dialogue" of each partition. -- ________________________________________________________________________ Regards Kevin Lucas Minions Post Master(Sub) A dedicated Linux user /usr/bin/microsoft minions.kevin.lucas@xxxxxxxxx www.minionsbandb.co.uk www.tearooms.minionsbandb.co.uk http://hangouts.google.com/start Po House, Minions, Liskeard Cornwall PL14 5LE 01579363386 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq