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Asked: 2017-08-30 22:05:16 +0800 CST

How can I write user data to the root partition?

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Another developer created partitions, one with mount point as root and another with mount point as home. Home is full, so I have no option other than to store new files in root.

Problem is, folders created in root always need sudo permissions. Even for copying files into it.

Is there a reason it is this way? For now, I just used sudo mkdir to create a folder in root and did a chmod 777, but I'm sure that's not the right way to deal with this.

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    If by "root" you mean the root partition (the partition mounted on /), then a simple way would be to make a folder somewhere in it that's owned by your user, and then put your files in it.

    sudo mkdir -p /opt/mystuff
sudo chown $USER /opt/mystuff

    Now /opt/mystuff should be writable by you, so use it for your files.

    Long term, you should look into resizing the home partition, or moving it to a larger disk.

    For convenience, you can make a link to this directory in your home directory:

    ln -s /opt/mystuff ~

    Now there will be a mystuff directory in your home directory.

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