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I have installed ubuntu on my old computer, fresh install etc. etc. hope to use it as a central store for media, backups as well as use xbmc on it to play stuff on my TV.

Problem i am getting at the moment is that when i copy any files over onto the hard drives on the ubuntu machine from either the mac or PC they are locked, and the properties state there is no owner and i can't delete them. I have since managed to unlock their properties using nautilus but then when you copy anything new over it again is locked.

Is there a way of stopping these files being locked by default when they are copied over to the ubuntu machine? So i dont have to keep going back in and making them unlocked.

I am very new to ubuntu and not great with all things command line, so if there is a less command line fix for this it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance :)

id101
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Open a new terminal and type:

sudo nautilus

Then search and select the files you want to open, right-click and properties, then change the permissions :P

Seth
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  • Using sudo nautilus is not recommended. – Seth May 12 '13 at 21:01
  • @juanchitoyoshis Seth is right. The answer used to be to use gksudo or kdesudo instead, but I think now you're supposed to use pkexec. – strugee May 12 '13 at 21:12
  • thanks for the responses but is there a setting that will change the default properties so than when copied over form elsewhere they aren't locked? – id101 May 13 '13 at 07:09
  • could the problem be i am connecting to the ubuntu machine as a guest? – id101 May 13 '13 at 19:36
  • That could be the problem. Try logging in as a standard user or the Admin. – kyle_hamblett Jun 18 '13 at 19:55
  • @Seth, could you explain further why this is not recommended? I am having the same problem with (non-system) files that I moved over from my mac. I'd like to make an informed decision on whether to use it or not. Also, I don't know how to use Ask Ubuntu... how do I reply instead of starting a new answer? – Andon Jun 18 '13 at 19:10
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    @Andon See this question: http://askubuntu.com/questions/270006/why-user-should-never-use-normal-sudo-to-start-graphical-application I recommend using gksu or sudo -H when running graphical applications as root. – Seth Jun 19 '13 at 01:25