On 6/30/24 13:48, Antony Stone wrote:
> On Sunday 30 June 2024 at 22:28:57, Fred wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> fred@aragog:~$ ls -dl /mnt/nas800
>> drw-rw-rw- 2 root root 4096 Jun 29 14:45 /mnt/nas800
>> fred@aragog:~$ cp ./hosts /mnt/nas800/
>> cp: cannot stat '/mnt/nas800/hosts': Permission denied
>> fred@aragog:~$
>>
>> Why can I not write to this directory as a regular user?
>
> I believe you would need x permission on the directory as well, in order to
> read the list of files which are in it. Without that, the cp command cannot
> tell whether the hosts file already exists, possibly in order to prompt you to
> over-write it.
>
>
> Antony.
>
That fixed it. Thanks for the help!

Best regards,
Fred