Xfce4: Desktop/: Permission denied

kosbar · 2017-07-14 18:16:25

I don't understand how it comes, but now I can't change background of my Desktop, can't get into my /home/kosbar/Desktop folder, and lost menu of right click on desktop.
I thought that problem was in changing of owner and group of ~/Desktop, but after "$ chown -hR kosbar:users Desktop/" (user and group have changed) I still can't get into the folder and change my background.

P.S. Have the same problem with ~/Downloads

Last edited by kosbar (2017-07-14 18:19:37)

JohnBobSmith · 2017-07-14 18:26:49

Why would you want your group to be users? Usually username:username is sufficient. What does

ls -l /home/kosbar/

produce?

EDIT: Thats a lowercase "-L", and not the number one.

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kosbar · 2017-07-14 18:40:39

JohnBobSmith wrote:

Why would you want your group to be users? Usually username:username is sufficient. What does
ls -l /home/kosbar/
produce?
EDIT: Thats a lowercase "-L", and not the number one.

http://savepic.ru/14814722.png

THEY ARE GREEN!!!

Mod note: converted oversized image of text to url. Please see the CoC regarding acceptable image sizes. -- WorMzy

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JohnBobSmith · 2017-07-14 18:50:40

Please paste only the actual text in the future, see here: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Co … s_and_code. You can use a command line pastebin (I recommend sprunge.us) for this. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Li … in_clients

You cannot read the directory or its contents because you are missing the execute permission on your folders. Try the following:

chmod +x ~/Downloads/
chmod +x ~/Desktop/

Then try using your directories again. And read up on permissions: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fi … attributes

kosbar · 2017-07-14 19:10:31

JohnBobSmith wrote:

Please paste only the actual text in the future, see here: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Co … s_and_code. You can use a command line pastebin (I recommend sprunge.us) for this. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Li … in_clients
You cannot read the directory or its contents because you are missing the execute permission on your folders. Try the following:
chmod +x ~/Downloads/
chmod +x ~/Desktop/
Then try using your directories again. And read up on permissions: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fi … attributes

Okay, I have changed the attributes for both folders to drwxrwxrwx, kosbar, users, and made reboot, but folders still Green and I still can't change background for the desktop.
I have made even more, after that: chmod -R +x for both folders, still lost menu (don't work right click on desktop) and can't change desktop background.

Last edited by kosbar (2017-07-14 19:20:25)

JohnBobSmith · 2017-07-14 19:20:22

Changing the background is a separate issue. What desktop environment (DE) are you using, if any? And how are you trying to set the background? As a sanity check, what do the following produce:

file ~/Downloads
file ~/Desktop
cd ~/Downloads/ && pwd
cd ~/Desktop/ && pwd

kosbar · 2017-07-14 19:32:48

JohnBobSmith wrote:

Changing the background is a separate issue. What desktop environment (DE) are you using, if any? And how are you trying to set the background? As a sanity check, what do the following produce:
file ~/Downloads
file ~/Desktop
cd ~/Downloads/ && pwd
cd ~/Desktop/ && pwd

I'm using only xfce4. I don't know what I have done, but I have lost my background and it's becames just gray. Then I was try to change it by standard for xfce4 util "Desktop" and can't, pictures just don't applied. Then I found that I can't get to the my own folders. That's my output:

[kosbar@kosbar Downloads]$ file ~/Downloads/
/home/kosbar/Downloads/: directory
[kosbar@kosbar Downloads]$ file ~/Desktop/
/home/kosbar/Desktop/: directory

Now I see the problem wasn't in folder rights:

[kosbar@kosbar Downloads]$ pwd
/home/kosbar/Downloads
[kosbar@kosbar Downloads]$ cd ../Desktop/
[kosbar@kosbar Desktop]$ pwd
/home/kosbar/Desktop
[kosbar@kosbar Desktop]$

Last edited by kosbar (2017-07-14 19:34:20)

JohnBobSmith · 2017-07-14 19:49:04

Excellent. We have confirmed that your directories are now functioning, because you can get into them and presumably you are now able to access their contents. You'll have to do your own research into setting your background, as I do not have XFCE and therefore cannot provide assistance in this area. But I'm happy to have solved at least 1 of 2 issues.

Last edited by JohnBobSmith (2017-07-14 19:49:37)

kosbar · 2017-07-14 23:17:21

JohnBobSmith wrote:

Excellent. We have confirmed that your directories are now functioning, because you can get into them and presumably you are now able to access their contents. You'll have to do your own research into setting your background, as I do not have XFCE and therefore cannot provide assistance in this area. But I'm happy to have solved at least 1 of 2 issues.

Thank you for step one!)

seth · 2017-07-15 07:17:15

You probably screwed up more permissions if you ended up w/ a non-executably Desktop directory.
There's an xfce session log - and "verbose" sounds promising, otherwise look into the journal.

kosbar · 2017-07-17 12:52:18

seth wrote:

You probably screwed up more permissions if you ended up w/ a non-executably Desktop directory.
There's an xfce session log - and "verbose" sounds promising, otherwise look into the journal.

What I need to find in the log? It's huge and consiste too much information.

seth · 2017-07-17 12:53:26

Your problem is to set a wallpaper, right?
Well, tried to look for that?

kosbar · 2017-07-17 14:32:40

seth wrote:

Your problem is to set a wallpaper, right?
Well, tried to look for that?

Need more help, nothing found.

seth · 2017-07-17 14:37:50

"tail -f" the file, try to set a wallpaper. If there's no update in return, the incident isn't logged (there) but you may be more lucky in the journal.

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