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Posted by Mohd Maqbool Alam
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Mohd Maqbool Alam
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 5,715 Points

Permission of the direcory and inside all contents(files)

Hii, i am using ubuntu but due to some problems i have remove my user name now i have files of that in another user name home folder but i cant acess the i dont have rwx permission. i try to change the permission but it can't change the permission and use with new account.

3 Answers

Joshua Shroy
Joshua Shroy
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Joshua Shroy
Joshua Shroy
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Hello Mohd,

I'm still fairly new to ubuntu myself but if I'm understanding your situation correctly, the only way you will be able to change permissions for those files is if you know the "root" password and use the "sudo" command.

Good luck!

Mohd Maqbool Alam
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Mohd Maqbool Alam
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 5,715 Points
Mohd Maqbool Alam
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Mohd Maqbool Alam
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 5,715 Points

Thanks I had use chown

Mohd Maqbool Alam
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Mohd Maqbool Alam
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 5,715 Points
Mohd Maqbool Alam
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Mohd Maqbool Alam
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 5,715 Points

Sudo Chown Maqbool:maqboool myfile Works like a charm Linux is awesomeness