On Tuesday 28 April 2020 03:06:06 pm Marvin Jones via trinity-users wrote: > I'm build a linux workstation for my wife -- her first linux box. > Since her last immersion in command line usage was back in CP/M day, > and then DOS before Windows, I am trying to set her up with as many > GUI solutions as possible. konqueror is, of course, a prime choice! > > We both work on web sites, and move "stuff" to and fro a VPS we share. > In my own usage I've been using `sshfs` to mount the remote file system > on a mount point in my $HOME -- do whatever I needed to do -- then > unmount the remote file system. ... all at the command line. > > An annoyance I've always cursed is the inability of `cp`, `mv`, or even > `rsync` to replicate the from_file permissions to the to-file's > permissions with the `sshfs` mounts -- because the owning userids are > different between the two file systems. Even tho', immediately after > getting the error message from `cp`, I can `chmod` the permissions to > what I want without any error. sigh... > > That command line Miky-Maus was not something I wanted to foist on my > wife. So, I spent maybe an hour today trying to find a way around the > problem in general. No joy. > > So, for the first time in my testing, I fired up konqueror with two > panes: one pane on $HOME/ amd the other pane on the already-mounted > remote file system. > > Then I copied from a local directory a large collection of files with > many, many different possible permissions set all the way through the > public permissions. I was going to go through the "right click on the > file" => "Properties" => "permissions" => owner|group|others change > process to make a write up for her to follow. > > KONQUEROR ROCKS! > > The file were all copied up to the > remote file system WITH THE ORIGINAL FILE'S PERMISSIONS!!! > > KONQUEROR ROCKS! > > Thank you KDE; Thank you TDE; Thank you Trinity!! > > (Gee... I sure hope that's not a bug!!! If so, DON'T FIX IT!!!) That's just cool! Any chance you'd be willing to add a write up on how to set that all up on?: https://wiki.trinitydesktop.org/Tips_And_Tricks Best, Michael