I am unable to change file permissions for a folder$

dajaz27

I have tried to change the folder permissions to add some files to it however I get an error message that says "this is not a directory folder"(in terminal). In the Gui it will not let me move the file. What would cause a super user not be able to change folder permissions.

prasad.24582

As per my understanding its stalled file(memory corrupted). I think, running fsck may clear your problem. Be careful while using that command.

Aditi Tyagi

prasad.24582 wrote:

As per my understanding its stalled file(memory corrupted). I think, running fsck may clear your problem. Be careful while using that command.

It may be, however trying chmod could solve the problem.

pax

Hi there,

run as root this :

chmod 777 yourdirectory/ -R

should fix your problem.

Ps : If you want to change the user permission of the directory :

chown user:user yourdirectory/ -R

Note that for chmod or chown, if it's a directory you must use -R, for a regular file, you do not need the -R query

Replace user:user by your user wished.