Cannot change write Permissions
by andwan0 from LinuxQuestions.org on (#6CWB3)
I am trying to use qbittorrent to recheck integrity of my files and repair any damages. Some data file/folders are on external USB HDD, and others on secondary SATA HDDs. I am using Debian.
However seems like I've got write permission issues.
I could try starting the app as root but then I would need to re-add, re-check ALL.
Or I could change the file permissions via chmod.
I tried, whilst being root:
chmod a+rwx -R *.*
chmod -R 777 *.*
but none seemed to work and the files/folders are left the same permissions.
Am I doing this right?
However seems like I've got write permission issues.
I could try starting the app as root but then I would need to re-add, re-check ALL.
Or I could change the file permissions via chmod.
I tried, whilst being root:
chmod a+rwx -R *.*
chmod -R 777 *.*
but none seemed to work and the files/folders are left the same permissions.
Am I doing this right?