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DarkLite1

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Registered: 2014-05-15

Posts: 28

Gnome copying: Error setting owner: Invalid argument

I'm sorry guys that I have to revert to the forum but I can't seem to find a proper answer to why this is happening.

Problem description:
- When copying multiple files at once from within Nautilus on Gnome the copy dialogue pops up, all goes well and once in a while a message pops up saying ' Error setting owner: Invalid argument'. After this you can choose to 'Skip' or 'Cancel' and the copy process continues except for some files. This happens when copying from /mnt/NAS/Dir1 to /mnt/NAS/Dir2, so it might be NFS related as I've mapped it in

/etc/fstab:
# NAS
192.168.x.xx:/volume1/ /mnt/NAS nfs4 rsize=8192,wsize=8192,timeo=14,intr,_netdev,user	0 0

Another stupid question:
- I was trying to look for further troubleshooting by consulting the log file at /vat/log/syslog or /var/log/messages but none are there. When checking /var/log/lastlog or /var/log/faillog I can't read the files, neither with VIM (which is installed) nor with cat or tail -f.

Background:
- I'm coming from Ubuntu and Debian, so I really want to give Arch a try. That's why I'm here, and any help would be appreciated. I'm already happy I made it this far, also with registering for an account here. Had to put the brains to work there... Thank you very much upfront for any help you might be able to give me.

Last edited by DarkLite1 (2014-05-17 16:23:10)

ooo

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Registered: 2013-04-10

Posts: 1,638

Re: Gnome copying: Error setting owner: Invalid argument

welcome to forums :)

for your problem: do you get this error if you copy the files via command line with 'cp'?

for your question: arch uses systemd, which uses its own journal for system logs. journalctl is the command you're looking for

DarkLite1

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Registered: 2014-05-15

Posts: 28

Re: Gnome copying: Error setting owner: Invalid argument

Thank you for your help regarding the journal, that's really good reading there. I'm in the process of playing with systemd now, so it came in useful Regarding this problem I've just tried your suggestion to copy all my stuff from the terminal as such cp -rf /folder/source/* /folder/target/ and for now, no errors or problems detected. Waiting for more news as I have to do more tests to see if it slips up somewhere.

Last edited by DarkLite1 (2014-05-16 17:16:44)

DarkLite1

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Registered: 2014-05-15

Posts: 28

Re: Gnome copying: Error setting owner: Invalid argument

Had the same problem today when moving files with Nautilus instead of the command line.The files are all moved but Nautilus still displays an error and shows the file in the list on the old location. After a refresh it's gone from the list as if it has been properly moved. When checking the permissions it says:

ls -al 
-rw-r--r--  1 nobody nobody     27836 May  7 18:20 File Name

It's a bit strange to see the user 'nobody', but permission wise there are no issues I believe...

Last edited by DarkLite1 (2014-05-17 16:23:52)

ooo

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Registered: 2013-04-10

Posts: 1,638

Re: Gnome copying: Error setting owner: Invalid argument

if 'cp -r' works, this is probably a bug in nautilus, gvfs or some other gnome component.
I'm not familiar with NAS so can't really help you further