file permission problem

[Hodgins Family]

On Wed, 2006-09-08 at 07:39 -0500, William Stephens wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have a usb drive with some files from a windows box.  I can't copy any
> of the files over because I don't have the proper permissions.  I've
> tried gksudo nautilus and then going to the drive to change permissions
> but it still won't let me change the permissions on the files.  The
> windows box is no longer windows only Ubuntu Dapper.  Am I screwed
> without a windows machine or is there something I'm missing.
> 
> William S. 
> 
Do you have a line in your fstab that mounts the drive?
If so, try doing a "sudo chmod 0777 <mount point of drive>".

Rob