Hello,
I know I shouldn't have, but I've interrupted the upgrade from Ubuntu 12.10 to 14.10 and now I can't go past the login screen... When I try to launch Ubuntu in recovery mode, it displays an error message and I can't even connect to the internet. I've looked for solutions but found none and don't really want to burn a better installation cd.
The real problem is that I can't access my session! I installed ubuntu on another partition and tried to copy all of my documents onto a usb drive but since I'm on another session, I am not the owner of my files!
The title says it all; please help! I really need my files back!
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You can open a terminal and run sudo nautilus.
You should gain access to your files.
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I can see them and read them (eg. music files) but I have no read/write permissions! – Quertie Oct 02 '14 at 18:12
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1@Quertie if you can see/read them, you have read permissions. To copy them, that's all you need as long as you have write permissions to the destination directory. – terdon Oct 02 '14 at 18:46
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gksudo nautilus(orsudo -H nautilusorsudo -i nautilus, if you don't have thegksupackage installed that provides thegksudocommand) is preferable tosudo nautilus, since running graphical applications withsudosometimes creates annoying application configuration problems. – Eliah Kagan Oct 02 '14 at 19:36
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Try running:
sudo chown -R /path/to/my/folder $USER:$USER
This will change the owner of the directory to give you access again.
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sudo cp. How exactly did you try to copy and how did it fail? – terdon Oct 02 '14 at 17:44