Red plug on my Home folder???

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I am not able to "gunzip -c file.tar.gz | xf - " anymore in my own
freaking folder!

The last thing I have done that might have created this nightmare is
going into Home folder in Konqueror super user mode to edit and save
config files for my work project.

Using konsole in user mode gives me bad tar errors.
And when I dir the home folder any new downloaded tar.gz files have
only -rw-r–r–

Code:

chetan@ATECH-7fe15baee:~> dir
total 29804
drwxrwxrwx 4 chetan users 4096 2009-01-05 19:43 1-09 Nightly Builds
drwxrwxrwx 7 chetan users 4096 2009-01-05 16:31 ASRLinux
drwxrwxrwx 2 chetan users 4096 2008-11-03 02:36 bin
drwxrwxrwx 2 chetan root 4096 2009-01-05 19:29 config
drwxrwxrwx 5 chetan users 4096 2009-12-04 13:19 Desktop
drwxrwxrwx 2 chetan users 4096 2009-01-05 20:14 Documents
drwxrwxrwx 9 root root 4096 2009-01-05 19:37 Other Stuff
drwxrwxrwx 2 chetan users 4096 2008-11-03 02:36 public_html
-rw-r–r-- 1 chetan users 1007509 2009-01-05 12:45 s3flat.nightly.tar.gz
drwxrwxrwx 2 chetan root 4096 2009-01-05 19:29 scripts_pl
drwxrwxrwx 2 chetan root 4096 2009-01-05 20:02 sphinx
-rw-r–r-- 1 chetan users 26669225 2009-01-05 12:40 sphinx3.nightly.tar.gz
-rw-r–r-- 1 chetan users 2742156 2009-01-05 12:43 sphinxbase.nightly.tar.gz
drwxrwxrwx 14 chetan users 4096 2009-01-05 19:36 SphinxTrain
drwxrwxrwx 15 chetan users 4096 2009-01-05 16:38 time
drwxrwxrwx 6 chetan users 4096 2009-01-05 16:23 tutorial

Thanks for some great advice.

Chetanji:’(

openSUSE 11.1; KDE 3.5; laptop config

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ls -ladrt ~
or
ls -ladrt /home/youruser

Make sure you are still able to write to your directory, and that you
own it.

Good luck.

Chetanji wrote:
> I am not able to "gunzip -c file.tar.gz | xf - " anymore in my own
> freaking folder!
>
> The last thing I have done that might have created this nightmare is
> going into Home folder in Konqueror super user mode to edit and save
> config files for my work project.
>
> Using konsole in user mode gives me bad tar errors.
> And when I dir the home folder any new downloaded tar.gz files have
> only -rw-r–r–
>
> Code:
> --------------------
> chetan@ATECH-7fe15baee:~> dir
> total 29804
> drwxrwxrwx 4 chetan users 4096 2009-01-05 19:43 1-09 Nightly Builds
> drwxrwxrwx 7 chetan users 4096 2009-01-05 16:31 ASRLinux
> drwxrwxrwx 2 chetan users 4096 2008-11-03 02:36 bin
> drwxrwxrwx 2 chetan root 4096 2009-01-05 19:29 config
> drwxrwxrwx 5 chetan users 4096 2009-12-04 13:19 Desktop
> drwxrwxrwx 2 chetan users 4096 2009-01-05 20:14 Documents
> drwxrwxrwx 9 root root 4096 2009-01-05 19:37 Other Stuff
> drwxrwxrwx 2 chetan users 4096 2008-11-03 02:36 public_html
> -rw-r–r-- 1 chetan users 1007509 2009-01-05 12:45 s3flat.nightly.tar.gz
> drwxrwxrwx 2 chetan root 4096 2009-01-05 19:29 scripts_pl
> drwxrwxrwx 2 chetan root 4096 2009-01-05 20:02 sphinx
> -rw-r–r-- 1 chetan users 26669225 2009-01-05 12:40 sphinx3.nightly.tar.gz
> -rw-r–r-- 1 chetan users 2742156 2009-01-05 12:43 sphinxbase.nightly.tar.gz
> drwxrwxrwx 14 chetan users 4096 2009-01-05 19:36 SphinxTrain
> drwxrwxrwx 15 chetan users 4096 2009-01-05 16:38 time
> drwxrwxrwx 6 chetan users 4096 2009-01-05 16:23 tutorial
>
> --------------------
>
>
> Thanks for some great advice.
>
> Chetanji:’(
>
> openSUSE 11.1; KDE 3.5; laptop config
>
>
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And what does the red plug sticking out of my home folder mean in
Konqueror? I feel it means something is defiantly screwed up!

Also the Lost & Found in home folder has a yellow lock on it.
Obviously that means I am not allowed to go there.

I just want to be able to do what I want in my home folder

Thanks,
Chetanji

–
“Instead of finding fault with others, try to look to your own
weaknesses.”

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I went into Konqueror Super User File Manager and right clicked on home
folder and went into permissions and changed owner from root root to
chetan users. Now I can execute programs.
I tried your suggestion as per below.

Did I do the correct thing as in above?
Thank you for your help in my ignorance.
Chetanji:)

Code:

chetan@ATECH-7fe15baee:~> ls -ladrt /home/chetan
drwxr-xr-x 55 chetan users 4096 2009-01-05 21:27 /home/chetan
chetan@ATECH-7fe15baee:~> dir
total 29808
drwxr-xr-x 4 chetan users 4096 2009-01-05 19:43 1-09 Nightly Builds
drwxr-xr-x 7 chetan users 4096 2009-01-05 16:31 ASRLinux
drwxr-xr-x 2 chetan users 4096 2008-11-03 02:36 bin
drwxr-xr-x 2 chetan users 4096 2009-01-05 19:29 config
drwxr-xr-x 5 chetan users 4096 2009-12-04 13:19 Desktop
drwxr-xr-x 2 chetan users 4096 2009-01-05 20:14 Documents
drwxr-xr-x 9 chetan users 4096 2009-01-05 19:37 Other Stuff
drwxr-xr-x 2 chetan users 4096 2008-11-03 02:36 public_html
drwxr-xr-x 8 chetan users 4096 2009-01-05 12:45 s3flat
-rw-r–r-- 1 chetan users 1007509 2009-01-05 12:45 s3flat.nightly.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 2 chetan users 4096 2009-01-05 19:29 scripts_pl
drwxr-xr-x 2 chetan users 4096 2009-01-05 20:02 sphinx
-rw-r–r-- 1 chetan users 26669225 2009-01-05 12:40 sphinx3.nightly.tar.gz
-rw-r–r-- 1 chetan users 2742156 2009-01-05 12:43 sphinxbase.nightly.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 14 chetan users 4096 2009-01-05 19:36 SphinxTrain
drwxr-xr-x 15 chetan users 4096 2009-01-05 16:38 time
drwxr-xr-x 6 chetan users 4096 2009-01-05 16:23 tutorial

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“Instead of finding fault with others, try to look to your own
weaknesses.”

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Yes, that was exactly what I was looking for. The output of the command
BEFORE you changed things would likely have shown ‘root’ as the
user/group owner of your directory, which would be a problem. You’ve
already changed it back so you’re fine now. Good job working on that as
quickly as you did.

Good luck.

Chetanji wrote:
> I went into Konqueror Super User File Manager and right clicked on home
> folder and went into permissions and changed owner from root root to
> chetan users. Now I can execute programs.
> I tried your suggestion as per below.
>
> Did I do the correct thing as in above?
> Thank you for your help in my ignorance.
> Chetanji:)
>
>
> Code:
> --------------------
> chetan@ATECH-7fe15baee:~> ls -ladrt /home/chetan
> drwxr-xr-x 55 chetan users 4096 2009-01-05 21:27 /home/chetan
> chetan@ATECH-7fe15baee:~> dir
> total 29808
> drwxr-xr-x 4 chetan users 4096 2009-01-05 19:43 1-09 Nightly Builds
> drwxr-xr-x 7 chetan users 4096 2009-01-05 16:31 ASRLinux
> drwxr-xr-x 2 chetan users 4096 2008-11-03 02:36 bin
> drwxr-xr-x 2 chetan users 4096 2009-01-05 19:29 config
> drwxr-xr-x 5 chetan users 4096 2009-12-04 13:19 Desktop
> drwxr-xr-x 2 chetan users 4096 2009-01-05 20:14 Documents
> drwxr-xr-x 9 chetan users 4096 2009-01-05 19:37 Other Stuff
> drwxr-xr-x 2 chetan users 4096 2008-11-03 02:36 public_html
> drwxr-xr-x 8 chetan users 4096 2009-01-05 12:45 s3flat
> -rw-r–r-- 1 chetan users 1007509 2009-01-05 12:45 s3flat.nightly.tar.gz
> drwxr-xr-x 2 chetan users 4096 2009-01-05 19:29 scripts_pl
> drwxr-xr-x 2 chetan users 4096 2009-01-05 20:02 sphinx
> -rw-r–r-- 1 chetan users 26669225 2009-01-05 12:40 sphinx3.nightly.tar.gz
> -rw-r–r-- 1 chetan users 2742156 2009-01-05 12:43 sphinxbase.nightly.tar.gz
> drwxr-xr-x 14 chetan users 4096 2009-01-05 19:36 SphinxTrain
> drwxr-xr-x 15 chetan users 4096 2009-01-05 16:38 time
> drwxr-xr-x 6 chetan users 4096 2009-01-05 16:23 tutorial
>
> --------------------
>
>
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Thanks for your your help AB.

Blessings,
Chetanji;)

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“Instead of finding fault with others, try to look to your own
weaknesses.”

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