Permissions on a secondary hard drive

[lintek]

I have a secondary hard drive that all my files live on.  I have read+write access to everything except ONE FOLDER.  I don't get it.  I can't change the permissions either.

Any ideas?

Thanks

[stevef]

How do the owner/permissions set on ONE FOLDER differ from a directory that works as expected ?
How was ONE FOLDER created compared to a working directory ?

[lintek]

The whole file system was created and on the disk before I installed LINUX LITE on an SSD.  And the werid thing is that all the other folders work.

In this folder I cannot add or delete pics but I can in all the other folders.  This is the only folder that appears with a lock on its' icon.

Screenshot example:      

[stevef]

Can you show us the permissions please ?
Check these with the 'ls -l' command.
Open a terminal by pressing Ctrl, Alt and T together,
Run the command below replacing the text 'path-to-the-directory-above ONE FOLDER' between the two / characters with your path to the parent directory of ONE FOLDER.  Keep the / characters in the command.

Code:

ls -al /path-to-the-directory-above ONE FOLDER/

Copy and paste the results.

[lintek]

Code:

ls -al /media/cw-lite/SECOND/Docs/Spa Stuff/Good pics/
ls: cannot access '/media/cw-lite/SECOND/Docs/Spa': No such file or directory
ls: cannot access 'Stuff/Good': No such file or directory
ls: cannot access 'pics/': No such file or directory

Like that?

[stevef]

We need to help the Linux cli interpreter if there are spaces in paths.
Assuming 'Spa Stuff' is the parent directory, try

Code:

ls -al /media/cw-lite/SECOND/Docs/"Spa Stuff"/

[lintek]

Code:

ls -al /media/cw-lite/SECOND/Docs/"Spa Stuff"/
total 148288
drwxrwxr-x 1 cw-lite cw-lite    24576 Mar 31 09:00  .
drwxr-xr-x 1 cw-lite cw-lite    65536 Feb 18 08:36  ..
drwxrwxr-x 1 cw-lite cw-lite     4096 Nov 11  2017 '3D manuals'
drwxrwxr-x 1 cw-lite cw-lite     4096 Nov 11  2017 '8-8-11BIG CHANGE'
drwxrwxr-x 1 cw-lite cw-lite     4096 Nov 11  2017  BackUp-DB
drwxrwxr-x 1 cw-lite cw-lite        0 Nov 11  2017 'Bad pics'
-rwxrwxr-x 1 cw-lite cw-lite   107667 Jan 10  2011 'Balboa Cross Ref.pdf'
drwxrwxr-x 1 cw-lite cw-lite    49152 Nov 11  2017  Buttons
drwxrwxr-x 1 cw-lite cw-lite     8192 Sep 15  2022  catalogs
-rwxrwxr-x 1 cw-lite cw-lite    14646 Jun 13  2008 'Category 2 list.docx'
-rwxrwxr-x 1 cw-lite cw-lite   250773 May 31  2009  cover_colors.jpg
drwxrwxr-x 1 cw-lite cw-lite    12288 Nov 11  2017  DataCat
-rwxrwxr-x 1 cw-lite cw-lite   239153 Feb 21  2008  DataCat.swf
drwxrwxr-x 1 cw-lite cw-lite        0 Nov 11  2017  Dbase2
drwxrwxr-x 1 cw-lite cw-lite    98304 Nov 11  2017  DbasePics
-rwxrwxr-x 1 cw-lite cw-lite  2324835 Dec  9  2009  DC-260-790C5E5122.pdf
-rwxrwxr-x 1 cw-lite cw-lite  2596864 Aug 19  2010  DelOzonePics.xls
-rwxrwxr-x 1 cw-lite cw-lite    24576 Mar 19  2008 'Digital Catalog Agreement Draft 3-17-08.doc'
drwxrwxr-x 1 cw-lite cw-lite     4096 Nov 11  2017  EPVs
-rwxrwxr-x 1 cw-lite cw-lite  2741159 Dec 16  2009 'Filter Cartridge pages 12-16-09.pdf'
-rwxrwxr-x 1 cw-lite cw-lite  2654070 Dec 17  2009 'Filter Cartridge pages 12-17-09 final.pdf'
-rwxrwxr-x 1 cw-lite cw-lite  2949440 Dec 15  2009 'Filter Cartridges 091215.pdf'
-rwxrwxr-x 1 cw-lite cw-lite  1175252 Dec  7  2009 'Filter Pages 1 and 2.pdf'
-rwxrwxr-x 1 cw-lite cw-lite  2284360 Dec 10  2009 'Filter pages thru 327.pdf'
dr-xrwxr-x 1 cw-lite cw-lite    65536 Mar 27 16:27 'Good pics'
-rwxrwxr-x 1 cw-lite cw-lite      925 Sep 10  2019 'Good pics - Shortcut (2).lnk'
-rwxrwxr-x 1 cw-lite cw-lite      925 Nov 11  2017 'Good pics - Shortcut.lnk'
-rwxrwxr-x 1 cw-lite cw-lite    11659 Jun 22  2010 'Google Voice Instructions.docx'
-rwxrwxr-x 1 cw-lite cw-lite    29229 Jun 24  2010 'Google Voice Instructions.pdf'
-rwxrwxr-x 1 cw-lite cw-lite  3100160 Mar  4  2009 'HeaterPhotos&Specs.xls'
-rwxrwxr-x 1 cw-lite cw-lite    85504 Jun 11  2020  Hours.xls
-rwxrwxr-x 1 cw-lite cw-lite    18944 Jan 10  2008 'Income 2007.xls'
-rwxrwxr-x 1 cw-lite cw-lite    18432 Jan 10  2008 'Income 2008.xls'
-rwxrwxr-x 1 cw-lite cw-lite   235119 Oct  4  2008 'Jet Traits and Parts-1.pdf'
-rwxrwxr-x 1 cw-lite cw-lite     2510 Dec 10  2007  mainmenu.php
-rwxrwxr-x 1 cw-lite cw-lite    26112 Jan 29  2009 'ObsoleteList(1).xls'
-rwxrwxr-x 1 cw-lite cw-lite     4625 Jun 25  2008  PDF-Placeholder.gif
drwxrwxr-x 1 cw-lite cw-lite     4096 Nov 11  2017  ProductInfoXLS
drwxrwxr-x 1 cw-lite cw-lite     4096 Nov 11  2017  professor
-rwxrwxr-x 1 cw-lite cw-lite    29696 Jan 15  2009  PVCPipeandFittingsDimensions1-14-09.doc
-rwxrwxr-x 1 cw-lite cw-lite    20992 Jan 15  2009  PVCPipeandFittingsDimensions1-5-09.xls
drwxrwxr-x 1 cw-lite cw-lite        0 Nov 11  2017  Receipts
-rwxrwxr-x 1 cw-lite cw-lite  1287464 Dec 28  2008  rehours12151227.zip
-rwxrwxr-x 1 cw-lite cw-lite   297889 Sep 28  2009  save.jpg
drwxrwxr-x 1 cw-lite cw-lite     4096 Nov 11  2017  SpaCircWebStore
-rwxrwxr-x 1 cw-lite cw-lite   220305 Mar 17  2009  SpaPartsPlus_3-17-2009.xls
-rwxrwxr-x 1 cw-lite cw-lite   494834 Jan 20  2009 'sparts BAK UP procedure.txt.pdf'
drwxrwxr-x 1 cw-lite cw-lite   393216 Nov 11  2017  StansPics
-rwxrwxr-x 1 cw-lite cw-lite   164456 Aug  5  2009  supplier.pdf
drwxrwxr-x 1 cw-lite cw-lite        0 Sep  2  2011  SupplierProductInfo
drwxrwxr-x 1 cw-lite cw-lite        0 Nov 11  2017  swishfiles
drwxrwxr-x 1 cw-lite cw-lite        0 Nov 11  2017  UnitedManuals
drwxrwxr-x 1 cw-lite cw-lite  2629632 Jan  6 08:42  Uploaded
-rwxrwxr-x 1 cw-lite cw-lite     1225 Apr 11  2013  ups.gif
drwxrwxr-x 1 cw-lite cw-lite        0 Nov 11  2017 'Web Ideas'
drwxrwxr-x 1 cw-lite cw-lite        0 Nov 11  2017 'Wiring Diagrams'
-rwxrwxr-x 1 cw-lite cw-lite 30367362 Aug  5  2008 'Wiring Diagrams READY FOR WEBSITE.zip'
-rwxrwxr-x 1 cw-lite cw-lite 94624119 Aug  6  2008 'WWW missing photos.zip'

[stevef]

Code:

drwxrwxr-x 1 cw-lite cw-lite     4096 Nov 11  2017  EPVs
dr-xrwxr-x 1 cw-lite cw-lite    65536 Mar 27 16:27 'Good pics'
  ^

If we compare two directories, we can see the write permission ('-' instead of 'w') for 'Good Pics' is not set for the owner.

Earlier you said

I can't change the permissions either.

What methods have you tried and what happened in each case.

[lintek]

I right-clicked the folder, went into PERMISSIONS and tried to change it from READ to READ & WRITE.  It did not work.

Now I just tried the same thing and it did work....  I don't get it, but now I can add and delete photos.

Not sure what changed it but thank you for taking the time to help me.