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Louise Avon
Asked: 2014-05-21 06:24:37 +0800 CST

Is my Shared Parallels Folder a Directory? [duplicate]

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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!

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3 Answers

  1. 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":

    enter image description here

    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.

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  2. You should use this command :

    If its name shared Parallels Folder :

     cd ~/Desktop/shared\ Parallels\ Folder/

    Cause directory name contains spaces

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  3. Best Answer

    spaces in directory name may be creating problem try

     cd ~/Desktop/shared\ Parallels\ Folder/
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