New folder problem

kjt

Hey,
I'm just wondering has anybody come across this problem before?
It now seems that all of my folders have been changed to 'read-only'.
Even when I create a new folder it's automatically RO. I can uncheck Read-only and apply that to all the files/folders within that folder and then click ok. When I go back into the folder it's still RO.

Any suggestions ?


Thanks

Saruman

You sure its actually read only? I mean what you are talking about seems normal to me. Make another folder in there and if you can then its fine.

It might look weird and i cant say i ever paid attention to it but now that i think about it.. its normal

kjt

If you create a folder there Saruman, is it grayed out RO?
I only noticed this a day/2 ago. I was trying some php/apache stuff out and can't seem to even see some of the files as they're not chmod'd to 777.

seamus

This is by design.

A cleared check box on a folder indicates that the read-only status of *all* files in that folder will be cleared, i.e. all files will be writeable even if you try to set one as read-only.

A solid (i.e. black) check means that all files in that folder are read-only, even if you try to set one as writeable..

A grey check doesn't mean that you can't change the read-only attribute, but it does mean that all files/folders within that folder are free to set their own read-only attribute.

You can't chmod items in Windows
The ACL configuration is quite different to the Unix one.

kjt

seamus wrote:

This is by design.

A cleared check box on a folder indicates that the read-only status of *all* files in that folder will be cleared, i.e. all files will be writeable even if you try to set one as read-only.

A solid (i.e. black) check means that all files in that folder are read-only, even if you try to set one as writeable..

A grey check doesn't mean that you can't change the read-only attribute, but it does mean that all files/folders within that folder are free to set their own read-only attribute.

You can't chmod items in Windows
The ACL configuration is quite different to the Unix one.

The problem is that when I try and change something from RO it won't change.... I know unix is different from windows but I was just trying to show that I need this files not to be just RO.

seamus

New folders are writeable by default. If you're creating a folder and then attempting to make it writeable, then you're probably going to get an error because the folder is already writeable.

Are you programming, or something else? Can you give a clearer description of exactly what it is you're trying to do?

kjt

Cheers for the replies Seamus. I'm simply right clicking and creating a new folder. They're automatically being set as grayed out RO - like in the attached pic in my original post...

seamus

Yep, that's what supposed to happen. It shouldn't have any bearing on your ability to add stuff to the new folder. You can't set the new folder as writeable because it's already writeable

kjt

lol it doesn't matter, but thanks anyways!