From: nospam@needed.invalid   
      
   On Mon, 11/17/2025 5:02 AM, Felix wrote:   
   > Mike Easter wrote:   
   >> Felix wrote:   
   >>> Mike Easter wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>> The other thing you can do graphically w/ your file manager is to use it   
   to navigate to File System/ media/ and then pick that Timeshift disk and R   
   click it to get a function that has a Permissions tab.   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>> it's saying I'm not the owner.   
   >>>   
   >>> https://auslink.info/linux/tmdisk.png   
   >>>   
   >> What I'm going to say about that ownership problem is not 'good advice',   
   but I mention it because you indicated earlier that you prefer to do things w/   
   a GUI if possible, and so do I.   
   >>   
   >   
   > I'm happy to use the command line, as long as I know the code is correct of   
   course   
   >   
   >> You are *supposed to* fix these kind of problems/conditions w/ the command   
   line, but it /can/ be done graphically if you choose to act against the good   
   advice.   
   >>   
   >> You can use your file manager graphically in a 'root' or su condition and   
   change the permissions.  I'm assuming that your fm is Nemo in Cinnamon.   
   >>   
   >> If you navigate to that disk and R click in Nemo you can open the dir as   
   root by giving authentication. Then you can change the permissions graphically   
   w/ the elevated privileges.   
   >>   
   >> 'They say' you aren't supposed to do that and the proper instructions are   
   commandline chown.   
   >>   
   >   
   > the question in my mind is WHY am I not the owner? if you can give me the   
   correct code, I will use the terminal   
   >   
      
   cd ~   
   ls -algtR     # Dump a tree, showing perms and ownership   
      
   ls -al        # Show just the current directory of stuff   
      
   drwx------  4 felix felix  4096 Jul 16  2023 .mozilla    <=== d stands for   
   "this is a directory"   
   -rw-r--r--  1 felix felix   807 Jul 16  2023 .profile    <=== 644 perms for a   
   felix text file   
      
   The first field can be changed with "chmod"   
      
   The fields a little further over use "chown"   
      
      sudo chown felix:felix .profile             # Make it so Felix owns his own   
   profile.   
                                                  # You use chown, to be elevated   
   enough to change those names.   
      
      sudo -R chown felix:felix .mozilla          # Change .mozilla and   
   everything below it so Felix owns it.   
      
   These are things, you should really look for a Google tutorial page,   
   to get a more thorough presentation. Like, right now, I'm too tired   
   to do a good job of this.   
      
   The reason I mentioned the "ls" commands up there, is you should   
   show Mike the details of what needs changing, so he gives you   
   the "just right for the job" command, rather than generalities like   
   I tried to make.   
      
       Paul   
      
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