Can't create folders or documents in subdirectories of /home/user/
Complete Ubuntu newbie here, trying to make the switch but hitting a few walls.
I installed Ubuntu 15.10 last night on a new, blank hdd. It's the only OS on this system.
I would like to make some directories within my Documents folder, but when I try to create the folder (from the GUI) I get the error "Error creating directory:Permission Denied". Same behavior when trying to create a new document, or when trying to save the output from a program into any of the subfolders.
I can, however, create files or directories in the /home/user folder without issue.
I know there are many things which require elevated permissions in Ubuntu file management, but I can't believe that saving a document to my Documents folder would be one of them!
Is it normally possible to right-click-create a sub-folder of Documents, Pictures, etc? Or to save a document from a program?
This is the output of ls -ld ~ ~/Documents:
drwx------ 26 rick rick 4096 Mar 19 15:36 /home/rick
drw-r--r-- 2 rick rick 4096 Mar 19 02:08 /home/rick/Documents1 Answer
~/Documents is missing the x permissions (execute). Please do a
chmod 755 ~/DocumentsAnd you can add items to that directory. It should looks similar to
drwxr-xr-x 2 rinzwind rinzwind 4096 mrt 2 19:21 DocumentsAnd to explain this: the permissions on a directory are a bit different to files.
- "r" or "read" permissions means you can list items inside that directory.
- "w" or "write permissions means you can create, rename, write and remove files inside that directory and edit the directory's attributes.
- "x" or "execute" permissions means you can enter and access files and directories inside the directory.
So "execute" is a must to be able to do anything inside the directory.
- "s" or "sticky" bit makes it so that only the owner can rename and remove files and directies inside the directory.
