Permission denied: Error while opening/ copying a file

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A file with unknown permission
sudo ls -la
-????????? ? ? ? ? ? desktop.ini
I am unable to to open/copy this file.
sudo cat desktop.ini
cat: desktop.ini: Permission denied
And i cant do any operation on this file:
sudo chmod u+rw desktop.ini
chmod: cannot access 'desktop.ini': Permission denied
GUI properties >> permissions>> " The permissions of desktop.ini could not be determinied"
Any help regrading this will be appreciated.
16.04 permissions files copy
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A file with unknown permission
sudo ls -la
-????????? ? ? ? ? ? desktop.ini
I am unable to to open/copy this file.
sudo cat desktop.ini
cat: desktop.ini: Permission denied
And i cant do any operation on this file:
sudo chmod u+rw desktop.ini
chmod: cannot access 'desktop.ini': Permission denied
GUI properties >> permissions>> " The permissions of desktop.ini could not be determinied"
Any help regrading this will be appreciated.
16.04 permissions files copy
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A file with unknown permission
sudo ls -la
-????????? ? ? ? ? ? desktop.ini
I am unable to to open/copy this file.
sudo cat desktop.ini
cat: desktop.ini: Permission denied
And i cant do any operation on this file:
sudo chmod u+rw desktop.ini
chmod: cannot access 'desktop.ini': Permission denied
GUI properties >> permissions>> " The permissions of desktop.ini could not be determinied"
Any help regrading this will be appreciated.
16.04 permissions files copy
A file with unknown permission
sudo ls -la
-????????? ? ? ? ? ? desktop.ini
I am unable to to open/copy this file.
sudo cat desktop.ini
cat: desktop.ini: Permission denied
And i cant do any operation on this file:
sudo chmod u+rw desktop.ini
chmod: cannot access 'desktop.ini': Permission denied
GUI properties >> permissions>> " The permissions of desktop.ini could not be determinied"
Any help regrading this will be appreciated.
16.04 permissions files copy
16.04 permissions files copy
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Try:
sudo chown root:root desktop.ini
sudo chmod 777 desktop.ini
By the way, this file is on another disk? If yes make sure the disk is mounted as read-write.
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sudo chown root:root desktop.ini chown: cannot access 'desktop.ini': Permission denied
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Try:
sudo chown root:root desktop.ini
sudo chmod 777 desktop.ini
By the way, this file is on another disk? If yes make sure the disk is mounted as read-write.
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sudo chown root:root desktop.ini chown: cannot access 'desktop.ini': Permission denied
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Try:
sudo chown root:root desktop.ini
sudo chmod 777 desktop.ini
By the way, this file is on another disk? If yes make sure the disk is mounted as read-write.
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sudo chown root:root desktop.ini chown: cannot access 'desktop.ini': Permission denied
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58 secs ago
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Try:
sudo chown root:root desktop.ini
sudo chmod 777 desktop.ini
By the way, this file is on another disk? If yes make sure the disk is mounted as read-write.
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Try:
sudo chown root:root desktop.ini
sudo chmod 777 desktop.ini
By the way, this file is on another disk? If yes make sure the disk is mounted as read-write.
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sudo chown root:root desktop.ini chown: cannot access 'desktop.ini': Permission denied
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sudo chown root:root desktop.ini chown: cannot access 'desktop.ini': Permission denied
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sudo chown root:root desktop.ini chown: cannot access 'desktop.ini': Permission denied
– abbasi_ahsan
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sudo chown root:root desktop.ini chown: cannot access 'desktop.ini': Permission denied
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