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permission problems setting the directories
« on: August 22, 2008, 10:48:18 PM »
Just downloaded last deb package. 2.2.2-1 installation had no problems.
But when I change the directories for incoming and temp files, it tells me that the permissions are to strict.
Okay so far so good, I go to the terminal and enter in the root account root@root:~# chmod -rwxrwxrwx /location/downloads/incoming
chmod: changing permissions of `/location/download/incoming': Read-only file system
Started aMule again, but to no success, however I want the program to use the preset locations. Anyway to find out how to solve this ?
Btw am running Ubuntu Hardy 8.04 gnome.

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Re: permission problems setting the directories
« Reply #1 on: August 23, 2008, 12:17:06 AM »
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root@root:~# chmod -rwxrwxrwx /location/downloads/incoming
chmod: changing permissions of `/location/download/incoming': Read-only file system
You notice something? Mount the partition with read/write permissions and the problem will be gone.
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Re: permission problems setting the directories
« Reply #2 on: August 23, 2008, 11:01:01 AM »
still a linux (ubuntu) noob, so how am I supposed to mount it ?

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Re: permission problems setting the directories
« Reply #3 on: August 23, 2008, 11:39:46 AM »
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Re: permission problems setting the directories
« Reply #4 on: August 23, 2008, 12:14:59 PM »
Nope those docs are to complicated for me, but found a good 1.
However if using root@root:~# mount /media/LACIE/location (in this case LACIE refers to an externat HD 500GB)
I get the message can't find /media/LACIE/location in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab

So it seems that mounting becomes a problem

Reboot of laptop and mounting was not required nor setting rwx. Seemingly the problem is solved however it remains strange.

However I got the following problem now: CFile: Error when opening file /media/LACIE/location

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Re: permission problems setting the directories
« Reply #5 on: August 24, 2008, 02:03:38 PM »
I thought that the CFile: Error when opening file /media/LACIE/location could have been solved by rebooting, and it sometimes helps but not always.
It is getting very much on my nerves by now. Why does this problem occur and if it has to do with the fact that 2.2.2 is not yet stable, then when will be there a debian package for Ubuntu available that is stable. If it is another problem, then what is the solution, because it drives me insane. (maybe not as much as microshit does, but still enough to ge beserk)

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Re: permission problems setting the directories
« Reply #6 on: August 24, 2008, 02:42:00 PM »
The guy writing the nice answers is currently on vacation, so I'll make it short:

Not an aMule problem. Ask someone with patience and knowledge about how Ubuntu does things.
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Re: permission problems setting the directories
« Reply #7 on: September 19, 2008, 05:36:05 AM »
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chmod: changing permissions of `/location/download/incoming': Read-only file system
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However if using root@root:~# mount /media/LACIE/location (in this case LACIE refers to an externat HD 500GB)
Let me guess: this HD is formatted with NTFS. That's why you can't mount it RW, unless you set up your linux box to use NTFS-3g.
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