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Permissions on a secondary hard drive
#1
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
The Eternal Beginner
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#2
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 ?
stevef
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#3
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:      
The Eternal Beginner
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#4
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.
stevef
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#5
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?
The Eternal Beginner
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#6
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"/
stevef
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