Re: Funny problem with my USB stick

From	Caver1 <caver1@inthemud.org>
Newsgroups	alt.comp.freeware
Subject	Re: Funny problem with my USB stick
Date	2015-12-26 10:29 -0500
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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On 12/26/2015 04:05 AM, Jeffrey Needle wrote:
> On 12/26/2015 12:33 AM, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
>> On 12/26/2015 3:27 PM, Jeffrey Needle wrote:
>>> The stick mounts nicely.  I want to use it to make a backup of my
>>> .thunderbird hidden directory.  I copy the directory, go to the stick,
>>> try to paste it, but "Paste" is grayed out in the drop-down menu.
>>>
>>> I thought maybe i needed to pen the file manager as root.  I did. Still,
>>> "Paste" is grayed out.
>>
>> Wrong permission/owner for the mount point?
>>
>
> Sigh.  No idea how to check this out.  I've looked on line and it looks
> very complicated.  Is there an easy way to do this?  Thanks.
>

Sounds like root has ownership of the usb drive.
I'm not familiar with MX15 and do not know what file manager 
MX15 uses. Thus I am asking if you can open your file 
manager then right click on the usb 
drive>properties>permissions, look at who owns the drive, 
user or root.
If the permissions are for root and you want them to be user 
then you will need to open your file manager as root then 
right click on the usb drive click on properties>permissions 
and you will be able to change the permissions to user.
Also in your file manager if you right click on the file you 
want to copy is there a copy to choice? Easier then copy paste.
If you want to leave root as owner then you will have to 
transfer files as root each time which will make root owner 
of the file on the usb drive. Then if you want to copy it 
back to your hard drive you will have to change it's 
permission back to user to be able to use it.

-- 
Caver1

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Funny problem with my USB stick Jeffrey Needle <jeff.needle@gmail.com> - 2015-12-25 23:27 -0800
  Re: Funny problem with my USB stick "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2015-12-26 16:33 +0800
    Re: Funny problem with my USB stick Jeffrey Needle <jeff.needle@gmail.com> - 2015-12-26 01:05 -0800
      Re: Funny problem with my USB stick "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2015-12-26 18:10 +0800
      Re: Funny problem with my USB stick Caver1 <caver1@inthemud.org> - 2015-12-26 10:29 -0500
      Re: Funny problem with my USB stick »Q« <boxcars@gmx.net> - 2015-12-26 09:45 -0600
        Re: Funny problem with my USB stick Caver1 <caver1@inthemud.org> - 2015-12-26 11:01 -0500
          Re: Funny problem with my USB stick »Q« <boxcars@gmx.net> - 2015-12-26 19:04 -0600
            Re: Funny problem with my USB stick Caver1 <caver1@inthemud.org> - 2015-12-26 20:21 -0500
              Re: Funny problem with my USB stick Jeffrey Needle <jeff.needle@gmail.com> - 2015-12-27 02:39 -0800
              Re: Funny problem with my USB stick »Q« <boxcars@gmx.net> - 2015-12-27 15:15 -0600
                Re: Funny problem with my USB stick Caver1 <caver1@inthemud.org> - 2015-12-27 16:37 -0500
  Re: Funny problem with my USB stick Yrrah <Yrrah-acf@acf.invalid> - 2015-12-26 14:24 +0100
    Re: Funny problem with my USB stick Jon Danniken <jonSPAMdanniken@yaSMPAhoo.com> - 2015-12-26 06:38 -0800
  Re: Funny problem with my USB stick Jon Danniken <jonSPAMdanniken@yaSMPAhoo.com> - 2015-12-26 06:34 -0800
  Re: Funny problem with my USB stick Mark Warner <mhwarner.inhibitions@gmail.com> - 2015-12-26 10:21 -0500
    Re: Funny problem with my USB stick "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2015-12-26 23:38 +0800
    Re: Funny problem with my USB stick Caver1 <caver1@inthemud.org> - 2015-12-26 10:59 -0500
      Re: Funny problem with my USB stick Yrrah <Yrrah-acf@acf.invalid> - 2015-12-26 17:48 +0100
        Re: Funny problem with my USB stick Caver1 <caver1@inthemud.org> - 2015-12-26 11:54 -0500
          Re: Funny problem with my USB stick Jeffrey Needle <jeff.needle@gmail.com> - 2015-12-26 09:09 -0800
            Re: Funny problem with my USB stick Jeffrey Needle <jeff.needle@gmail.com> - 2015-12-26 09:10 -0800
          Re: Funny problem with my USB stick Yrrah <Yrrah-acf@acf.invalid> - 2015-12-26 18:11 +0100
            Re: Funny problem with my USB stick Caver1 <caver1@inthemud.org> - 2015-12-26 12:35 -0500
              Re: Funny problem with my USB stick Yrrah <Yrrah-acf@acf.invalid> - 2015-12-26 18:39 +0100
        Re: Funny problem with my USB stick "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2015-12-26 18:23 +0100
          Re: Funny problem with my USB stick Yrrah <Yrrah-acf@acf.invalid> - 2015-12-26 18:33 +0100
            Re: Funny problem with my USB stick "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2015-12-26 21:00 +0100
          Re: Funny problem with my USB stick Caver1 <caver1@inthemud.org> - 2015-12-26 12:37 -0500

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