From: none@not.here   
      
   Paul wrote:   
   > 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   
      
   yikes! that produced hundreds (thousands?) of lines of code.   
      
   >   
   > 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.   
      
   this is too complicated for me   
      
   >   
   > These are things, you should really look for a Google tutorial page,   
   > to get a more thorough presentation.   
      
   everything is working as it should eg. timeshift, dejadup, without the   
   ownership matter being resolved, so I think I will just leave things be   
      
   >   Like, right now, I'm too tired   
   > to do a good job of this.   
      
   thanks anyway. sorry I troubled you :(   
      
   >   
   > 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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