* nautilus-admin @ 2023-04-12 14:38 Gottfried 2023-04-12 14:41 ` nautilus-admin ( ` (3 more replies) 0 siblings, 4 replies; 9+ messages in thread From: Gottfried @ 2023-04-12 14:38 UTC (permalink / raw) To: help-guix [-- Attachment #1.1.1: Type: text/plain, Size: 544 bytes --] Hi, I have constantly problems to copy something to my external harddrive, because it needs root rights. I can do it only in the commandline, which gives me a lot of trouble, e.g. when I want to copy all directories at once. I don’t know the command for it. In "nautilus" Gnome there is an extension "nautilus-admin" which allows users to use root rights in the GUI using nautilus. But this package "nautilus-admin" is not packed in guix. Could somebody pack it for Guix? I can’t do that. Kind regards Gottfried [-- Attachment #1.1.2: OpenPGP public key --] [-- Type: application/pgp-keys, Size: 3191 bytes --] [-- Attachment #2: OpenPGP digital signature --] [-- Type: application/pgp-signature, Size: 840 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 9+ messages in thread
* Re: nautilus-admin 2023-04-12 14:38 nautilus-admin Gottfried @ 2023-04-12 14:41 ` ( 2023-04-12 14:54 ` nautilus-admin Wojtek Kosior via 2023-04-12 15:27 ` nautilus-admin Gottfried 2023-04-13 4:19 ` nautilus-admin Felix Lechner via ` (2 subsequent siblings) 3 siblings, 2 replies; 9+ messages in thread From: ( @ 2023-04-12 14:41 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Gottfried; +Cc: help-guix Hi, Gottfried <gottfried@posteo.de> writes: > [[PGP Signed Part:Undecided]] > Hi, > > I have constantly problems to copy something to my external harddrive, because > it needs root rights. > I can do it only in the commandline, which gives me a lot of trouble, e.g. when > I want to copy all directories at once. > I don’t know the command for it. What do you mean, specifically, by "copying all directories at once"? If you mean copying everything in a specific directory, you could try: sudo cp ORIGINAL-DIRECTORY/* HARDDRIVE-DIRECTORY This command uses a /wildcard/, *, which expands the word 'ORIGINAL-DIRECTORY' to multiple words, one for each member of 'ORIGINAL-DIRECTORY'. If you mean copying multiple directories, just do: sudo cp DIRECTORY-1 DIRECTORY-2 DIRECTORY-3 HARDDRIVE-DIRECTORY Commands aren't as scary as they seem from afar. I'd highly recommend you take the time to learn about them :) ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 9+ messages in thread
* Re: nautilus-admin 2023-04-12 14:41 ` nautilus-admin ( @ 2023-04-12 14:54 ` Wojtek Kosior via 2023-04-12 15:27 ` nautilus-admin Gottfried 1 sibling, 0 replies; 9+ messages in thread From: Wojtek Kosior via @ 2023-04-12 14:54 UTC (permalink / raw) To: (; +Cc: Gottfried, help-guix [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 1923 bytes --] > If you mean copying multiple directories, just do: > > sudo cp DIRECTORY-1 DIRECTORY-2 DIRECTORY-3 HARDDRIVE-DIRECTORY Also, add the `-r` flag to `cp` when copying directories. Without this flag, this command will refuse to include the contents of source directories in the copy being made. It'll look like sudo cp -r DIRECTORY-1 DIRECTORY-2 DIRECTORY-3 HARDDRIVE-DIRECTORY Wojtek P.S. Good luck finding a packager for nautilus-admin. Unfortunately, I cannot do this -- (sig_start) website: https://koszko.org/koszko.html PGP: https://koszko.org/key.gpg fingerprint: E972 7060 E3C5 637C 8A4F 4B42 4BC5 221C 5A79 FD1A ♥ R29kIGlzIHRoZXJlIGFuZCBsb3ZlcyBtZQ== | ÷ c2luIHNlcGFyYXRlZCBtZSBmcm9tIEhpbQ== ✝ YnV0IEplc3VzIGRpZWQgdG8gc2F2ZSBtZQ== | ? U2hhbGwgSSBiZWNvbWUgSGlzIGZyaWVuZD8= -- (sig_end) On Wed, 12 Apr 2023 15:41:35 +0100 "(" <paren@disroot.org> wrote: > Hi, > > Gottfried <gottfried@posteo.de> writes: > > [[PGP Signed Part:Undecided]] > > Hi, > > > > I have constantly problems to copy something to my external harddrive, because > > it needs root rights. > > I can do it only in the commandline, which gives me a lot of trouble, e.g. when > > I want to copy all directories at once. > > I don’t know the command for it. > > What do you mean, specifically, by "copying all directories at once"? > If you mean copying everything in a specific directory, you could try: > > sudo cp ORIGINAL-DIRECTORY/* HARDDRIVE-DIRECTORY > > This command uses a /wildcard/, *, which expands the word > 'ORIGINAL-DIRECTORY' to multiple words, one for each member of > 'ORIGINAL-DIRECTORY'. > > If you mean copying multiple directories, just do: > > sudo cp DIRECTORY-1 DIRECTORY-2 DIRECTORY-3 HARDDRIVE-DIRECTORY > > Commands aren't as scary as they seem from afar. I'd highly recommend > you take the time to learn about them :) > [-- Attachment #2: OpenPGP digital signature --] [-- Type: application/pgp-signature, Size: 228 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 9+ messages in thread
* Re: nautilus-admin 2023-04-12 14:41 ` nautilus-admin ( 2023-04-12 14:54 ` nautilus-admin Wojtek Kosior via @ 2023-04-12 15:27 ` Gottfried 2023-04-13 4:06 ` nautilus-admin carl hansen 1 sibling, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread From: Gottfried @ 2023-04-12 15:27 UTC (permalink / raw) To: (; +Cc: help-guix [-- Attachment #1.1.1: Type: text/plain, Size: 1831 bytes --] Hi, I mean to copy everything, all directories and files including all sub-directories (which are 40 directories and 40 files) on the external harddrive /SD-Card to an other external hard drive > If you mean copying multiple directories, just do: >> >> sudo cp DIRECTORY-1 DIRECTORY-2 DIRECTORY-3 HARDDRIVE-DIRECTORY I don’t want to write every of the 40 directories and of the 40 files by hand but think there is a command to copy all at once. I was looking on the internet for this, but didn’t find any command. > Commands aren't as scary as they seem from afar. I'd highly recommend >> you take the time to learn about them :) I have a book about Terminal commands, but there I couldn’t find what I need. Kind regards Gottfried Am 12.04.23 um 16:41 schrieb (: > Hi, > > Gottfried <gottfried@posteo.de> writes: >> [[PGP Signed Part:Undecided]] >> Hi, >> >> I have constantly problems to copy something to my external harddrive, because >> it needs root rights. >> I can do it only in the commandline, which gives me a lot of trouble, e.g. when >> I want to copy all directories at once. >> I don’t know the command for it. > > What do you mean, specifically, by "copying all directories at once"? > If you mean copying everything in a specific directory, you could try: > > sudo cp ORIGINAL-DIRECTORY/* HARDDRIVE-DIRECTORY > > This command uses a /wildcard/, *, which expands the word > 'ORIGINAL-DIRECTORY' to multiple words, one for each member of > 'ORIGINAL-DIRECTORY'. > > If you mean copying multiple directories, just do: > > sudo cp DIRECTORY-1 DIRECTORY-2 DIRECTORY-3 HARDDRIVE-DIRECTORY > > Commands aren't as scary as they seem from afar. I'd highly recommend > you take the time to learn about them :) -- [-- Attachment #1.1.2: OpenPGP public key --] [-- Type: application/pgp-keys, Size: 3191 bytes --] [-- Attachment #2: OpenPGP digital signature --] [-- Type: application/pgp-signature, Size: 840 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 9+ messages in thread
* Re: nautilus-admin 2023-04-12 15:27 ` nautilus-admin Gottfried @ 2023-04-13 4:06 ` carl hansen 0 siblings, 0 replies; 9+ messages in thread From: carl hansen @ 2023-04-13 4:06 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Gottfried; +Cc: (, help-guix cp -a somedir/ wheresomedirshouldgo/ -a "archive" means Recursive create links preserve times, ownership On Wed, Apr 12, 2023 at 8:28 AM Gottfried <gottfried@posteo.de> wrote: > > Hi, > > I mean to copy everything, all directories and files including all > sub-directories (which are 40 directories and 40 files) on the external > harddrive /SD-Card to an other external hard drive > > > If you mean copying multiple directories, just do: > >> > >> sudo cp DIRECTORY-1 DIRECTORY-2 DIRECTORY-3 HARDDRIVE-DIRECTORY > > > I don’t want to write every of the 40 directories and of the 40 files by > hand but think > there is a command to copy all at once. > > I was looking on the internet for this, > but didn’t find any command. > > > Commands aren't as scary as they seem from afar. I'd highly recommend > >> you take the time to learn about them :) > > I have a book about Terminal commands, > but there I couldn’t find what I need. > > > Kind regards > > Gottfried > > > > Am 12.04.23 um 16:41 schrieb (: > > Hi, > > > > Gottfried <gottfried@posteo.de> writes: > >> [[PGP Signed Part:Undecided]] > >> Hi, > >> > >> I have constantly problems to copy something to my external harddrive, because > >> it needs root rights. > >> I can do it only in the commandline, which gives me a lot of trouble, e.g. when > >> I want to copy all directories at once. > >> I don’t know the command for it. > > > > What do you mean, specifically, by "copying all directories at once"? > > If you mean copying everything in a specific directory, you could try: > > > > sudo cp ORIGINAL-DIRECTORY/* HARDDRIVE-DIRECTORY > > > > This command uses a /wildcard/, *, which expands the word > > 'ORIGINAL-DIRECTORY' to multiple words, one for each member of > > 'ORIGINAL-DIRECTORY'. > > > > If you mean copying multiple directories, just do: > > > > sudo cp DIRECTORY-1 DIRECTORY-2 DIRECTORY-3 HARDDRIVE-DIRECTORY > > > > Commands aren't as scary as they seem from afar. I'd highly recommend > > you take the time to learn about them :) > > -- > > > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 9+ messages in thread
* Re: nautilus-admin 2023-04-12 14:38 nautilus-admin Gottfried 2023-04-12 14:41 ` nautilus-admin ( @ 2023-04-13 4:19 ` Felix Lechner via 2023-04-13 15:24 ` nautilus-admin Gottfried 2023-04-13 6:51 ` nautilus-admin Marek Paśnikowski [not found] ` <a154649c-8cc6-4918-8ecf-8edfba209379@trilingual.eu> 3 siblings, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread From: Felix Lechner via @ 2023-04-13 4:19 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Gottfried; +Cc: help-guix Hi Gottfried, On Wed, Apr 12, 2023 at 7:38 AM Gottfried <gottfried@posteo.de> wrote: > > I have constantly problems to copy something to my external harddrive, > because it needs root rights. Mounting hard drives is generally a privileged operation, but a lot of people use external storage. I believe Gnome can make such storage available to a user who is logged in. Have you looked into gvfs? [1] FUSE stands for "file system in user space." [2] Kind regards Felix Lechner [1] https://access.redhat.com/documentation/kn-in/red_hat_enterprise_linux/9/html/administering_the_system_using_the_gnome_desktop_environment/managing-storage-volumes-in-gnome_administering-the-system-using-the-gnome-desktop-environment [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_in_Userspace ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 9+ messages in thread
* Re: nautilus-admin 2023-04-13 4:19 ` nautilus-admin Felix Lechner via @ 2023-04-13 15:24 ` Gottfried 0 siblings, 0 replies; 9+ messages in thread From: Gottfried @ 2023-04-13 15:24 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Felix Lechner; +Cc: help-guix [-- Attachment #1.1.1: Type: text/plain, Size: 1562 bytes --] Hi, thanks for help. I tried to open the network and connect to the external harddisk via USB-port but I can’t change the options for Zugriffsrechte/rights for it. So I can’t create a directory on the ext.harddrive. May be there is a package missing. I am using MATE desktop. I don’t know how to use gvfs. bash says gvfs is not found. Then I installed gvfs but still bash says gvfs is not found. I don’t know how to include it into PATH. If I enter networking I can open with the file manager the external harddrive, but still I can not create a new directory I don’t know enough about networking. Kind regards Gottfried Am 13.04.23 um 06:19 schrieb Felix Lechner: > Hi Gottfried, > > On Wed, Apr 12, 2023 at 7:38 AM Gottfried <gottfried@posteo.de> wrote: >> >> I have constantly problems to copy something to my external harddrive, >> because it needs root rights. > > Mounting hard drives is generally a privileged operation, but a lot of > people use external storage. I believe Gnome can make such storage > available to a user who is logged in. Have you looked into gvfs? [1] > > FUSE stands for "file system in user space." [2] > > Kind regards > Felix Lechner > > [1] https://access.redhat.com/documentation/kn-in/red_hat_enterprise_linux/9/html/administering_the_system_using_the_gnome_desktop_environment/managing-storage-volumes-in-gnome_administering-the-system-using-the-gnome-desktop-environment > [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_in_Userspace -- [-- Attachment #1.1.2: OpenPGP public key --] [-- Type: application/pgp-keys, Size: 3191 bytes --] [-- Attachment #2: OpenPGP digital signature --] [-- Type: application/pgp-signature, Size: 840 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 9+ messages in thread
* Re: nautilus-admin 2023-04-12 14:38 nautilus-admin Gottfried 2023-04-12 14:41 ` nautilus-admin ( 2023-04-13 4:19 ` nautilus-admin Felix Lechner via @ 2023-04-13 6:51 ` Marek Paśnikowski [not found] ` <a154649c-8cc6-4918-8ecf-8edfba209379@trilingual.eu> 3 siblings, 0 replies; 9+ messages in thread From: Marek Paśnikowski @ 2023-04-13 6:51 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Gottfried; +Cc: help-guix Gottfried <gottfried@posteo.de>: > I have constantly problems to copy something to my external harddrive, > because it needs root rights. It needs root rights because of wrong permissions set to the root of the external drive. $ sudo chmod 666 /mnt/drive # should allow you to effortlessly perform future transfers I also suggest to check ownerships of the existing folders - there is a chance they belong to root now. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 9+ messages in thread
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* Re: nautilus-admin [not found] ` <a154649c-8cc6-4918-8ecf-8edfba209379@trilingual.eu> @ 2023-04-13 15:26 ` Gottfried 0 siblings, 0 replies; 9+ messages in thread From: Gottfried @ 2023-04-13 15:26 UTC (permalink / raw) To: guix.gnu.org-p, help-guix [-- Attachment #1.1.1: Type: text/plain, Size: 1046 bytes --] Hi, thanks for this hint. I can use caja /MATE desktop sudo caja and then I can enter the external harddrive with sudo rights and create directories etc. Kind regards Gottfried Am 12.04.23 um 16:59 schrieb guix.gnu.org-p@trilingual.eu: > > 12 Apr 2023 16:39:24 Gottfried <gottfried@posteo.de>: > >> Hi, >> >> I have constantly problems to copy something to my external harddrive, because it needs root rights. >> I can do it only in the commandline, which gives me a lot of trouble, e.g. when I want to copy all directories at once. >> I don’t know the command for it. >> >> In "nautilus" Gnome there is an extension "nautilus-admin" which allows users to use root rights in the GUI using nautilus. >> But this package "nautilus-admin" is not packed in guix. >> >> Could somebody pack it for Guix? >> I can’t do that. >> >> Kind regards >> >> Gottfried > Hi Gottfried, > as a workaround you could start nautilus as root from a terminal by typing "sudo nautilus". > > -- > Pascal -- [-- Attachment #1.1.2: OpenPGP public key --] [-- Type: application/pgp-keys, Size: 3191 bytes --] [-- Attachment #2: OpenPGP digital signature --] [-- Type: application/pgp-signature, Size: 840 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 9+ messages in thread
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