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Re: Off Topic UNIX Question [message #57288 is a reply to message #57287] Wed, 05 December 2007 11:35 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
David Fanning is currently offline  David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001
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Vince Hradil writes:

> When you do ls -la you'll get a "group" for the TRAVELDRIVE in the
> column right after the owner. You have to be in the same group to
> write to the TRAVELDRIVE. You can figure out your group by typing
> "groups" and the shell prompt. You may need to change the ownership
> or group of the TRAVELDRIVE.

OK, yes, the group is "root" for all directories on the TRAVELDRIVE.
I set myself up as root and tried to copy a file to the drive:

%su root
# cp test.pro /media/TRAVELDRIVE

And I get the error: "cannot create regular file test.pro on
/media/TRAVEDRIVE: Read-only file system."

Cheers,

David
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David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")

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