#Having chmod problems my brain can't handle!

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umbral shore
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Newbie to linux, I am an administrator with sudo access on my computer, but I cannot unhide hidden folders in the root directory in my file manager (Dolphin).

sick sequoia
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umbral shore
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  1. Arch Linux
  2. I didn't do anything but installed fresh for the 2nd time today (had to reinstall from other issue), both instances had the same problem on clean installs too
  3. I opened dolphin, saw that I don't have access to any of my hidden root (/) files
  4. I expected to be able to see my .config file (which i can still get to on konsole, but not my file viewer, Dolphin)
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If I had to guess, I would have to chmod 700 my /mnt/sda but i already did that to my "/" file and learned my mistake, hence the 2nd clean install

sick sequoia
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Tho you can read your root partition

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You're supposed to only have RO perms

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Everything is managed by the root user but your home folder/partition

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Being root user the system user

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If you mean that want to view hidden files, just press Ctrl + H

umbral shore
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Yea I can't even see hidden files

sick sequoia
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Ctrl + H should show hidden files under dolphin

umbral shore
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Damn

sick sequoia
umbral shore
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I mean is there a fix?

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If not eh

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Its good

sick sequoia
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A Vanilla arch with kde Install should behave like this:
User doesn't have RW perms on the root partition but can see hidden files and have RO perms on the root partition.

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User should only have full control over their home folder/partition

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.aw users and groups

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sick sequoia
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.aw plasma

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true slate
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in linux a "hidden file" is just a file that start with a dot, if your question is "how to stop dolphin from showing me my hidden files", the answer is most likely Ctrl+H

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this is not so much a question about linux, rather a dolphin question

umbral shore
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yea i read my konsole wrong in the quick moment i was typing, i can't see hidden files in my ~/

true slate
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is your question about konsole or dolphin

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or hidden files in general

sick sequoia
umbral shore
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oh

sick sequoia
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Or did you mean on your home folder?

umbral shore
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the ~/ file

true slate
umbral shore
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but if i am not supposed to have perms there then i dont wanna mess anything up

sick sequoia
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That can mean the root partition or something else

sick sequoia
true slate
sick sequoia
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So you can't see hidden files on your home folder?

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What about Ctrl +H

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On dolphin

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@connnor#6660

umbral shore
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that was the problem but it now shows hidden files, man

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sorry for keeping yall

true slate
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don't worry

umbral shore
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computer is currently trolling me and won

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ty also

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❤️

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all of you

true slate
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@umbral shore are you logged in as you root, if you don't know run whoami

umbral shore
true slate
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then @sick sequoia whole premise is wrong

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umbral shore
# sick sequoia Wdym

it just now does it, might've been my ctrl button but i swear before i went here i didn't even find the hidden files checkmark on right click

sick sequoia
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I just did what this entry says. Users gives vague info, resulting in vague or wrong answers

umbral shore
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It's fine

true slate
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okay @umbral shore , i think you have a small misunderstanding, let me clearify how hidden files work

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i think things will get clear after that

sick sequoia
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Also menu bar > view > hidden files

true slate
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@umbral shore when hide files in dolphin, do you think they will be hidden everywhere ?

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because this is not the case

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hidden files don't really exist in linux
it's just a convention to treat files that start with a dot as hidden

sick sequoia