Re: Backup solutions wanted

Ok it looks like the permissions issues are caused by files and 
directories that have been copied to a hard drive from CD or DVD
Those files remain read-only on the hard drive until you change them.
Did a chmod 777 -R and chown -R on the whole drive and now we are 
copying 600gb of data across the lan.

This might take a while =-O

c


chris morris wrote:
> Thanks Jim - at the moment I'm just trying to get first command to work.
>
> Even when running it as sudo some directories copy, others wont with 
> 'permission denied' errors.
>
> ( I wish linux would explain WHY permission is denied - at least that 
> might point me in the right direction to fix it :)
>
> cheers
> c