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I have created a truecrypt container (100GB) to store very important files with vital information hidden on my hardrive running Fedora Linux OS.

Now, I want to move the container to portable hardrive. From what I read so far, you should be able to do it easily like any other file. However, I am running into problem. Fedora won't let me. It keeps giving me "Permission denied" error. I think I need to login as a root or superuser, but how do you do that on Fedora.

What am I doing wrong?

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  • Did you unmount your truecrypt volume before trying to move the container?
    – Rik
    Nov 8, 2013 at 17:51
  • Yes it is unmount. The file itself has X and a lock icon over it.
    – user270603
    Nov 8, 2013 at 18:12
  • Did you create the file using sudo? I'd recommend running sudo chown <username> <filename> to give yourself ownership of the file. Nov 8, 2013 at 18:33
  • I used the GUI truecrypt program...
    – user270603
    Nov 8, 2013 at 18:39
  • Could you see who owns the file (right-click and properties) and what permissions you have on the file.
    – Rik
    Nov 8, 2013 at 19:27

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Apparently, the container was created by the truecrypt program under root.

After executing the following command-line in the terminal, the file's owner changed to user.

sudo chown

Of course, you should be within the folder the file is located or provide the path to the file in the command-line.

thanks,

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