Questions tagged [read-only]
Questions related to read-only devices or permissions.
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problem with Sony VAIO boot loader options
I messed up here. I had an old Sony Vaio that I wanted to give to a friend. Replaced the HDD with an SDD and was using a USB boot of Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. The USB boot looked great but even after going ...
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Random reboots & root filesystem remounting read-only — looking for root cause
I’m troubleshooting a persistent issue on a Linux-based system (Ubuntu 20.04, ext4 root filesystem). I’m hoping for help from folks experienced with kernel, storage, or hardware stability issues.
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balenaEtcher made thumb drive a read-only device and no help anywhere has worked
I have read hundreds of posts here and elsewhere but none provided a solution that works to unlock this thumb drive (it is sdo on my system.)
I used balenaEtcher (as suggested by Ubuntu) to put the 24....
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Make Specific folder to Read only and can not delete files
I am using Ubuntu 22.04. I have one GUI Folder which contains sub folders and files (text , csv , rar etc). The GUI application is only able to modify the files. Only admin users can delete the files. ...
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I am not allowed to execute any executable within /usr/bin including sudo at Ubuuntu 24.10. How can I resolve this?
Ubuntu 24.10 does not allow to execute at command line nothing within /usr/bin.
If I try chmod -R a+x /usr/bin
It says, for example:
chmod: changing permissions of '/usr/bin/znew': Read-only file ...
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usb flash drive files are unable to be written to
when i make my usb writeable it works then deletes everything i wrote to it and doesn't empty it's trash ".Trash-1000" can't read files in trash and tried a bunch of commands from google and ...
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Why is ubuntu shows me read/write error. I've installed it in external SSD
After working sometime on ubuntu 22.04 LTS it freezes and shows this on screen.
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Why netboot makes all filesystems as readonly!
I have installed ubuntu 22.04 on hdd1 and installed another ubuntu 22.04 on hdd2. Both can boot with no problem. I've installed dhcp, nfs, ntp, pxe, ssh servers on hdd1 and configured them to make ...
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Can a "read-only" µSD card be salvaged?
A µSD card that was in a security camera suddenly stopped recording:
Much of the data is gone (not a problem).
The data that is still there is correct and readable.
The card now always mounts as read-...
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How to paste files in "/usr/share folder" in Ubuntu 22.04 WSL?
To execute a program, I need to paste some files from a Windows folder to a subfolder of /usr/share on Ubuntu 22.04 WSL. However, the /usr folder and its subfolders are read only.
How to fix this ...
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Read-only in ntfs partition
I use Kubuntu system with several SSD-devices. Most of them use NTFS because I have to use Windows as well.
$ df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
tmpfs 3.2G 3.0M 3.2G ...
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Formatting a read-only drive
My HP pen drive was once used in crypto mining somewhere (I don't know how). I want to format it to regain space because copying is not allowed in this drive, but I can't do that because it is read-...
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Why are files read only?
Why are files read only?
My system is dual boot, Ubuntu Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS, and Windows 10
This problem only started recently, after the last Ubuntu update.
In the morning when I first log in and open ...
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Host and fstab file messed up after try to change swap size
I was trying to increase the swap size of my Ubuntu. I, naïve, followed the steps of this answer:
Check the swap that is in use:
sudo swapon -s
If swap partition(s) are found:
sudo swapoff -a
sudo ...
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How to unmount read-only file system and resize it. Ubuntu 22.04
I need to resize /dev/nvme0n1p1 partition because it takes almost all memory from my SSD. And also I couldn't make dual boot for Windows as second OS, so I need help.
I've tried this commands to ...
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