Raspbian permissions

[loopyloo]

Well g'day there.
Got myself a raspberry pi to play with, version 4B 4GB.
I wanted to copy some mp3's across to it via usb but get the error about not having permissions. So, I need to know how to set read/write permissions for anyone for an entire directory.
I have searched and read about it but these here permissions are really confusing.

[fandtm666]

sudo chmod 775 -R then add folder location

[loopyloo]

I'm doing it wrong aren't I ?

[wotnot]

chmod 775 755 -R

command options are case sensitive

edit: deboobified

[fandtm666]

try

sudo chmod 755 -R /media/pi/Storage

[shred]

Is the USB drive from a Windows machine? It might be formatted as NTFS. Try putting it back in the Windows machine and setting “Everyone: Full Control”.

I’m not sure if it matters, but I have always put the -R switch before the new permissions e.g.

chmod -R 755 /media/pi/Storage

[wotnot]

I’m not sure if it matters, but I have always put the -R switch before the new permissions e.g.

chmod -R 755 /media/pi/Storage

Technically more correct, but chmod parses the entire command line ...until it finds something that doesn't make sense =)

For instance;

root@gallah:~# ls -ls docs
total 12
8 -rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 4518 Jul 19  2017 faqs.md
4 -rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 2131 Jul 19  2017 localization_howto.md
root@gallah:~# chmod 0755 -R docs
root@gallah:~# ls -ls docs
total 12
8 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4518 Jul 19  2017 faqs.md
4 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2131 Jul 19  2017 localization_howto.md
root@gallah:~# chmod -R 0644 docs
root@gallah:~# ls -ls docs
total 12
8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4518 Jul 19  2017 faqs.md
4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2131 Jul 19  2017 localization_howto.md

Both forms work the same.

[loopyloo]

Tried a few different things but still get the error

[wotnot]

You're going to need pick in up a notch ~ you're typing 775 not 755 ...accuracy in typing is everything.

[loopyloo]

You're going to need pick in up a notch ~ you're typing 775 not 755 ...accuracy in typing is everything.

Ah I see.... I must have misread post #2 then.

[wotnot]

LOL!.... point taken =)

[loopyloo]

Still get permission denied error. I just don't get it.

I remember hating linux before, now it's all coming back.

[wotnot]

do;

ls -l /media/pi/Storage/music

reply with result =)

[loopyloo]

I actually did this just before your last comment.

[loopyloo]

That makes no sense.

[wotnot]

do;

sudo chmod -R 0666 /media/pi/Storage/music

That should let you read/write to the dir

[loopyloo]

Nup, permission denied again

If I double click on any of the songs, VLC jumps in and plays it so no problem reading the usb.
I'll try again in the morning.

[wotnot]

Is /media/pi/Storage/music just a directory you created? (the 'music' dir)

[fandtm666]

try logging as root in command then do the chmod

su
then enter password for root
then
chmod 755 -R /media/pi/Storage

[loopyloo]

Is /media/pi/Storage/music just a directory you created? (the 'music' dir)

No, this directory would have been created by the OS during install.