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    [Solved] Unable to take ownership of an NTFS drive

    I have done this before but I'm running into problems now. Just wiped my drives, installed Windows then installed Linux Mint. I have my games on an NTFS drive since I will play games while doing what I need to do under Windows then move to Linux to run there as well. Since it is a new install I...
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    Directory creation and permission setting syntax

    Hi TuxBot, I'm completing a challenge on Linux server administration, and I was asked to create a directory inside of /var directory. Set permissions to user and group as rwx, and other to --- Also need to set a particular user as owner of the directory, and add this same user to a specific...
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    How to enable access to newly installed USB stick ?

    I can use gparted to add / format etc. new USB stick. I used to use "disks" to mount it, but having an issues installing in .... BUT - when I use C++ IDE to build an new program on this USB I cannot "create directory" . I must be missing permissions and perhaps ownership... Is there a...
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