On my VC Linux desktop there is a 'shared Parallels Folder' with a padlock icon on it. I have been trying for a few weeks to command Gnome Terminal to direct to it. It fails to recognise this folder as a directory.
I have tried quite a few commands eg,
cd Desktop/shared Parallels Folder
The response is no such directory. Is it to do with the padlock on the folder? I really don't know what to try next. I need to access files on my mac. Please help!
cd Desktop/shared Parallels probably needs to be cd ~/Desktop/shared and then {tab} to autocomplete (not sure if Folders is part of your directory)
A padlock also means: no permissions.
From command line:
You can check permissions with
cd ~/Desktop
ls -l|more
Watch out for "shared Parallels" and have a look at the colums left of it. There are 2 names (user and group). If they are not your name you can change it with:
sudo chown -R $USER:$USER shared{tab}
{tab} to autocomplete.
chown changes user and group to your name. The -R does the same for any file found in "shared Parallels".
You can also do this from Nautilus:
Navigate to the folder. Rightclick it and choose "properties":
Set the options here to your user with read+write. The "change permissions to enclosed files" is the same as the -R option explained above.
You should use this command :
If its name shared Parallels Folder :
cd ~/Desktop/shared\ Parallels\ Folder/
Cause directory name contains spaces
spaces in directory name may be creating problem try
cd ~/Desktop/shared\ Parallels\ Folder/
