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by xh1
Sun Jul 27, 2025 6:51 pm
Forum: MX Help
Topic: Cannot change permissions for flash drive [Solved]
Replies: 8
Views: 455

Re: Cannot change permissions for flash drive [Solved]

Is it possible to change the file system without formatting the drive or losing the data? What do I need to do?
by xh1
Sun Jul 27, 2025 6:28 pm
Forum: MX Help
Topic: Cannot change permissions for flash drive [Solved]
Replies: 8
Views: 455

Re: Cannot change permissions for flash drive [Solved]

$ lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS
loop0 7:0 0 2.3G 1 loop /live/linux
loop1 7:1 0 20G 0 loop /live/persist-root
loop2 7:2 0 20G 0 loop /home
sda 8:0 1 59.8G 0 disk
├─sda1 8:1 1 59.7G 0 part /home/blue/Live-usb-storage
│ /home/demo/Live-usb-storage
│ /root/Live-usb-storage
│ /live ...
by xh1
Sun Jul 27, 2025 1:48 pm
Forum: MX Help
Topic: Cannot change permissions for flash drive [Solved]
Replies: 8
Views: 455

Re: Cannot change permissions for flash drive [Solved]

System:
Kernel: 6.10.10-1-liquorix-amd64 [6.10-12~mx23ahs] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0 parameters: audit=0
intel_pstate=disable BOOT_IMAGE=/antiX/vmlinuz quiet splasht nosplash tz=America/New_York
persist_static splasht
Desktop: Xfce v: 4.20.0 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.38 info: xfce4 ...
by xh1
Sun Jul 27, 2025 1:35 pm
Forum: MX Help
Topic: Cannot change permissions for flash drive [Solved]
Replies: 8
Views: 455

Cannot change permissions for flash drive [Solved]

I have a 256GB SanDisk that's relatively new. I have been using it just a handful of time without any issues. Now for whatever reason it no longer mounts when I plug it in. Sometimes it does mount after a long wait and then with a message that I have no permissions. I tried opening it as root and ...
by xh1
Fri Jul 18, 2025 8:20 pm
Forum: MX Help
Topic: BTRFS permissions [Solved]
Replies: 11
Views: 1336

Re: BTRFS permissions [Solved]

Thank you both so much. I initially opened Thunar as root and changed the group to read and write and that didn't solve the problem. I didn't realize it until later that I did not change the group name to the user (me). Later I understood that I missed that part and now I have a usable BTRFS SSD ...
by xh1
Thu Jul 17, 2025 11:57 am
Forum: MX Help
Topic: BTRFS permissions [Solved]
Replies: 11
Views: 1336

Re: BTRFS permissions [Solved]

@atomick ,Thank you for replying. My Linux command line chops are less than minimal and I had a hard time following your instructions once it got to the nano/vi/vim part, of with I use non.
by xh1
Thu Jul 17, 2025 11:47 am
Forum: MX Help
Topic: BTRFS permissions [Solved]
Replies: 11
Views: 1336

Re: BTRFS permissions [Solved]

Code: Select all

demo@mx1:/media/demo/Backups
$ ls -la
total 16
drwxr-xr-x  1 root root  0 Jul 15 17:04 .
drwxr-x---+ 3 root root 60 Jul 17 11:40 ..
demo@mx1:/media/demo/Backups
by xh1
Wed Jul 16, 2025 8:02 pm
Forum: MX Help
Topic: BTRFS permissions [Solved]
Replies: 11
Views: 1336

Re: BTRFS permissions [Solved]

Hopefully this is what you were asking for. sdb is the SSD I'm trying to use.

demo@mx1:~
$ pwd
/home/demo
demo@mx1:~
$ lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS
loop0 7:0 0 2.3G 1 loop /live/linux
loop1 7:1 0 20G 0 loop /live/persist-root
loop2 7:2 0 20G 0 loop /home
sda 8:0 1 59.8G 0 disk ...
by xh1
Tue Jul 15, 2025 7:32 pm
Forum: MX Help
Topic: BTRFS permissions [Solved]
Replies: 11
Views: 1336

Re: BTRFS permissions [Solved]

I tried doing that and I'm getting a popup saying:
Failed to change the permissions of "lib". Error setting permissions: Operation not supported. Do you want to skip it?
by xh1
Tue Jul 15, 2025 5:18 pm
Forum: MX Help
Topic: BTRFS permissions [Solved]
Replies: 11
Views: 1336

BTRFS permissions [Solved]

Hi,
I used GParted to format a SSD to BTRFS, to be used as a backup drive. It doesn't allow me to create folders or paste/drag files into it saying I have no permissions. In GParted I see a lock sign under the partition column but at no point was I asked whether I want the partition to be encrypted ...

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