Error saving file

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1

I use Geany to edit my bash scripts in my bin directory.

When I try to save them, I get

Error saving file. Operation not permitted.

File on disk may be truncated.

andy7_~/bin$ ll
total 376
drwxrwxr-x  2 andy andy  4096 Jul 23 14:16 ./
drwxr-xr-x 36 andy andy  4096 Jul 23 14:12 ../
-rwxrwxr-x  1 andy root    64 Jan 22 22:19 30_VOL.sh*
-rwxrwxrwx  1 andy root    59 Dec 22  2017 4kYouTube2_Mp3.sh*
-rwxr-xr-x  1 andy root    92 Jan 22 22:23 50_Percent_VOL.sh*
-rwxrwxr-x  1 andy andy    92 Jul 14 12:41 70_Percent_VOL.sh*
-rwxrwxrwx  1 andy root  1767 May 15  2017 arrange_dt.py*
-rwxrwxr-x  1 andy andy  2451 Jul 20 15:57 Backup_18.04_AMD.sh*
-rwxrwxrwx  1 andy root  2412 Jul 13 01:46 Backup_AMD.sh*
-rwxrwxr-x  1 andy andy   117 Jul 13 18:32 Bin_Dir.sh*
-rwxrwxrwx  1 andy root    40 Jul 19 13:14 Blank.sh*
-rwxrwxr-x  1 andy andy    44 Jul 13 15:42 boot.sh*
-rwxrwxr-x  1 andy root   709 Jul 17 11:04 Browser_Startup_Time.sh*
2

your ~/bin should have andy:andy as owner:group Why some of them are root?

From your home dir, sudo chown -R andy:andy /home/andy/bin

all files in bin should have andy andy and you should be able to write.

3

It did not help.

 andy7_/home$ sudo chown -R andy:andy /home/andy/bin
[sudo] password for andy: 
chown: changing ownership of '/home/andy/bin/Seamonkey_Startup_Time.sh': Operation not permitted
chown: changing ownership of '/home/andy/bin/Find_File.sh': Operation not permitted
chown: changing ownership of '/home/andy/bin/Relax_Music.sh': Operation not permitted
4

strange … your bin dir should be 775 andy andy and inside ~/bin, all files should be owned by andy andy

drwxrwxr-x 2 user user 4096 Jul 23 13:30 bin/
inside bin
-rwxrw-r-- 1 user user 199 Jul 19 21:44 fix*

I did not see those 3 files in your first listing (seamonkey, relax music, find file) …

5

I did not list all the files.

I am trying to delete all the files, delete bin, and then recreate it.

I can delete everything except this.

-rwxr-xr-x 1 andy root 275 Feb 22 2017 Find_File.sh*

I can not change group to andy ?

If I can not get this solved, I will go back to 16.04.

6

that should delete the file, sudo rm /home/andy/bin/Find_File.sh
The owner is andy so if you’re logged on as andy, you can rwx that file.

7

Nothing worked, so I reinstalled 18.04 over the old one.

First issue is I have no sound.

Sound preferences, hardware shows nothing.

8

I ended up format the partition and installing 18.04.

Now my sounds works. :slight_smile: