From: philo@privacy.net   
      
   On 5/27/24 7:04 PM, Jonathan N. Little wrote:   
   > philo wrote:   
   >> On 5/27/24 6:07 PM, Gordon wrote:   
   >>> On 2024-05-27, philo  wrote:   
   >>>> Now that I'm up and running again, I temporarily put my 1TB backup ssd   
   >>>> into my machine in order to back up one last folder. The drive was   
   >>>> pretty full so I first decided to delete a few hundred gigs of stuff I   
   >>>> don't need. I'm using the "Caja" file manager and it will not allow me   
   >>>> to delete anything unless I open the manager as root.   
   >>>   
   >>> What were the permissions  of the files you wished to delete?   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> That drive is packed away now but I checked another backup drive. I see   
   >> quite few folders did not have "create and delete" access. They were   
   >> "access" only.   
   >>   
   >> Next time I put that drive back in service I'll be sure to correct that   
   >> and in the future pay better attention.   
   >>   
   >   
   >   
   > sudo chown --recursive YOUR_ID:YOUR_ID /PATH/TO/MOUNTED/VOLUME/*   
   >   
   >   
      
      
   Yep, the backup drive I've got connected now is all fixed.   
      
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