I wrote a /bash script and to execute it I decided to set all the rights, so I tried
chmod 777 * //I had 3 text files in the directory, so that's okThen to check the result I typed
ls -lBut the rights hadn't changed at all.
I haven't got any error messages and it seems strange. I also tried to specify full path, but this hadn't helped.
I also tried to do all of these steps under root
Where may be the problem?
Thank you for help!
ls -la
drwx------ 1 gemma gemma 4096 июля 20 18:00 .
drwx------ 1 gemma gemma 4096 июля 20 16:35 ..
-rw------- 1 gemma gemma 407 июля 20 18:00 buildedfile.out ;this is what I ;need to launch
-rw------- 1 gemma gemma 4096 июля 20 17:21 kernel.bin
-rw------- 1 gemma gemma 350 июля 20 16:59 link.ld
-rw------- 1 gemma gemma 2025 июля 20 17:59 main.c
-rw------- 1 gemma gemma 1894 июля 20 17:34 start.asm
-rw------- 1 gemma gemma 457 июля 20 17:20 start.oThat is what ls shows after all I tried
I rebooted PC and problem rose again. But now any of suggested methods doesn't help.
I'm using Linux Mint 13 32-bit. On main disk where this files are located I have ext3, also tried on two another partitions where I have ntfs and FAT32.
buildedfile.out is a terminal app written on C
84 Answers
I had this same problem, the partition I was accessing was an ntfs partition mounted with ntfs-3g (with no permission support by default), and it took a while for me to remember that.
I would expect chmod to give me some warning, but it didn't just like in your case.
I know there is an option on fstab when using ntfs-3g to make it possible to set permissions in an ntfs partition as described here.
I hope it helps.
2Try: sudo chmod -R -f 777 *
I think that can be a permission issue.
0Are you sure your filesystem is not mounted read only ?
Type mount command to check. if there is ro in the mount options, you need to remount your filesystem with the following command :
mount -o rw /dev/ /mountpoint
You can also check which user owns the shell script.
If it's not "gemma" it could be the cause of the problem.
1(Might be the problem of some future readers:) @VinGarcia's answer is correct but specifically in case you're using WSL and you're trying to chmod/chown in "Windows files" mounted on the /mnt/ path, it is not allowed by default.
In this case, you have two options. Either use the WSL's filesystem (which is not mounted, e.g., your home at ~) and it's allowed there, or create an /etc/wsl.conf and add this to it:
[automount]
options = "metadata"Then in CMD run wsl --shutdown. Re-open a new wsl terminal window and now it must work.
