Re: [tlug] Representing a blank space in an address

[CL <cr.lipton@example.com>]

On 7/3/25 16:47, S Gibson wrote:

On Thu, 3 Jul 2025 at 17:52, CL <cr.lipton@example.com> wrote:

On 7/3/25 10:33, Stuart Luppescu wrote:
> I assume you tried escaping the space characters with backslashs?
>
That is "The next thing I try".  I've been beating myself up using
quotation mark wrapping trying to find the recursive sweet spot that
fixes everything downstream.

You could try the following to see what directories / files would be changed:

sudo find /media/onk-01/kubuntu_data/Current/home/onk-01/VirtualBox\ VMs/ -ls

and check ownership and permissions. Before changing permissions if you have disk space you should take a back if you have capacity to do that.

If you are happy with the output of that you can run:
 
sudo find /media/onk-01/kubuntu_data/Current/home/onk-01/VirtualBox\ VMs/ -exec chmod 777 {} +
 
or
 
find /media/onk-01/kubuntu_data/Current/home/onk-01/VirtualBox\ VMs/ -print0 | sudo xargs -r0 chmod 777
 
again if you are comfortable changing all the files under that path to world readable / writeable / executable.
 

    I am going to call this solved.  I was one step ahead of you in
    checking ownership and permissions.  It would appear that the paths
    in kubuntu_data were messed up by the EMF or a surge that got
    through the surge protector.  When I tried to check files and
    permissions I got garbage output.  Ownership and file size were
    inconsistent.  So, after three days of messing around I chose to
    delete all mounted disks from VirtualBox (preserving the data),
    reinstall VirtualBox and re-mount the existing disks as new
    machines.  Windows had lost my password, so I had to set up a new
    one, but after the initial login, everything is the same as it was
    before that lightning strike.  The damage appears to be confined to
    VirtualBox and it is tertiary.  Kubuntu shows no damage, at least
    among the programs I regularly use.  This machine is a general
    desktop machine so it's back to doing the general stuff it does.  
    
    Thanks to everyone for their suggestions.
    
    CL