problem transferring files.

[terpic]

I seem to have a problem transferring files, I was logged in as root and transferred a directory from root desktop into my home directory, the directory showed up in the home directory when I browsed from root, but when I logged in as home the directory wasn't visible and I couldn't access the files until I logged in as root again all this was done using KDE. has anyone got any ideas.

thank you.

[jglen490]

"Home" is different for the root user than for a "normal" user. If you want to transfer, as root, a file to your "normal" user's home, then the target must be /home/<normal_user_id> not $HOME, or the "Home" that shows up in a KDE desktop app.

[doublec16]

You need to set read permissions for your user.

chmod a+r _dirname_

or better still change the owner of the directory:

chown user:usergroup _dirname_

[chrism01]

if you used cp or mv and didn't specify any options, the files will be still owned by the orig owner eg root, so you'll have to chown them.

[terpic]

Thank you all, now you mention it it seems obvious.