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Every time I log in to the VM a window pops up saying,




Unable to create a required folder. Please create the following folder,
or set permissions such that it can be created: /home/tando/.config/nautilus.




I have tried creating the folder as suggested, but still I get the error.



How can I solve it?










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  • What command are you suing to create the window?

    – George Udosen
    Oct 11 '18 at 7:03











  • Please edit your post to add the output of the command ls -ld /home/tando/.config. Don’t forget to apply code formatting.

    – Melebius
    Oct 11 '18 at 7:28











  • george its sudo touch

    – Waris Dimbaza Tandokazi
    Oct 11 '18 at 7:33













  • drwxr-x--- 20 tando tando 4096 Oct 10 08:49 .config

    – Waris Dimbaza Tandokazi
    Oct 11 '18 at 7:40






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    Please don't use sudo touch to create a folder that should be owned by you simply do touch!

    – George Udosen
    Oct 11 '18 at 8:37
















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Every time I log in to the VM a window pops up saying,




Unable to create a required folder. Please create the following folder,
or set permissions such that it can be created: /home/tando/.config/nautilus.




I have tried creating the folder as suggested, but still I get the error.



How can I solve it?










share|improve this question

























  • What command are you suing to create the window?

    – George Udosen
    Oct 11 '18 at 7:03











  • Please edit your post to add the output of the command ls -ld /home/tando/.config. Don’t forget to apply code formatting.

    – Melebius
    Oct 11 '18 at 7:28











  • george its sudo touch

    – Waris Dimbaza Tandokazi
    Oct 11 '18 at 7:33













  • drwxr-x--- 20 tando tando 4096 Oct 10 08:49 .config

    – Waris Dimbaza Tandokazi
    Oct 11 '18 at 7:40






  • 1





    Please don't use sudo touch to create a folder that should be owned by you simply do touch!

    – George Udosen
    Oct 11 '18 at 8:37














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Every time I log in to the VM a window pops up saying,




Unable to create a required folder. Please create the following folder,
or set permissions such that it can be created: /home/tando/.config/nautilus.




I have tried creating the folder as suggested, but still I get the error.



How can I solve it?










share|improve this question
















Every time I log in to the VM a window pops up saying,




Unable to create a required folder. Please create the following folder,
or set permissions such that it can be created: /home/tando/.config/nautilus.




I have tried creating the folder as suggested, but still I get the error.



How can I solve it?







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  • What command are you suing to create the window?

    – George Udosen
    Oct 11 '18 at 7:03











  • Please edit your post to add the output of the command ls -ld /home/tando/.config. Don’t forget to apply code formatting.

    – Melebius
    Oct 11 '18 at 7:28











  • george its sudo touch

    – Waris Dimbaza Tandokazi
    Oct 11 '18 at 7:33













  • drwxr-x--- 20 tando tando 4096 Oct 10 08:49 .config

    – Waris Dimbaza Tandokazi
    Oct 11 '18 at 7:40






  • 1





    Please don't use sudo touch to create a folder that should be owned by you simply do touch!

    – George Udosen
    Oct 11 '18 at 8:37



















  • What command are you suing to create the window?

    – George Udosen
    Oct 11 '18 at 7:03











  • Please edit your post to add the output of the command ls -ld /home/tando/.config. Don’t forget to apply code formatting.

    – Melebius
    Oct 11 '18 at 7:28











  • george its sudo touch

    – Waris Dimbaza Tandokazi
    Oct 11 '18 at 7:33













  • drwxr-x--- 20 tando tando 4096 Oct 10 08:49 .config

    – Waris Dimbaza Tandokazi
    Oct 11 '18 at 7:40






  • 1





    Please don't use sudo touch to create a folder that should be owned by you simply do touch!

    – George Udosen
    Oct 11 '18 at 8:37

















What command are you suing to create the window?

– George Udosen
Oct 11 '18 at 7:03





What command are you suing to create the window?

– George Udosen
Oct 11 '18 at 7:03













Please edit your post to add the output of the command ls -ld /home/tando/.config. Don’t forget to apply code formatting.

– Melebius
Oct 11 '18 at 7:28





Please edit your post to add the output of the command ls -ld /home/tando/.config. Don’t forget to apply code formatting.

– Melebius
Oct 11 '18 at 7:28













george its sudo touch

– Waris Dimbaza Tandokazi
Oct 11 '18 at 7:33







george its sudo touch

– Waris Dimbaza Tandokazi
Oct 11 '18 at 7:33















drwxr-x--- 20 tando tando 4096 Oct 10 08:49 .config

– Waris Dimbaza Tandokazi
Oct 11 '18 at 7:40





drwxr-x--- 20 tando tando 4096 Oct 10 08:49 .config

– Waris Dimbaza Tandokazi
Oct 11 '18 at 7:40




1




1





Please don't use sudo touch to create a folder that should be owned by you simply do touch!

– George Udosen
Oct 11 '18 at 8:37





Please don't use sudo touch to create a folder that should be owned by you simply do touch!

– George Udosen
Oct 11 '18 at 8:37










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Please use the following steps to change the ownership of that folder and
correct that permission issue:



sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /home/tando/.config/nautilus


Note: Using sudo makes that folder and its contents get to be owned by root and that is not what VM wants and that's why your still get that error.



Next time don't create folders or files in your home folder using the sudo command. Root files and folders should be found in the / [a.k.a. root] folder.



IMPORTANT UPDATE:



The command you used touch creates files not folders so I think you have a file rather than a folder, do the following:



rm -rf /home/tando/.config/nautilus


then



mkdir /home/tando/.config/nautilus





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  • thank you now there is no error

    – Waris Dimbaza Tandokazi
    Oct 16 '18 at 14:56











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Please use the following steps to change the ownership of that folder and
correct that permission issue:



sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /home/tando/.config/nautilus


Note: Using sudo makes that folder and its contents get to be owned by root and that is not what VM wants and that's why your still get that error.



Next time don't create folders or files in your home folder using the sudo command. Root files and folders should be found in the / [a.k.a. root] folder.



IMPORTANT UPDATE:



The command you used touch creates files not folders so I think you have a file rather than a folder, do the following:



rm -rf /home/tando/.config/nautilus


then



mkdir /home/tando/.config/nautilus





share|improve this answer


























  • thank you now there is no error

    – Waris Dimbaza Tandokazi
    Oct 16 '18 at 14:56











  • @tandokazi great please click to accept it as an answer!

    – George Udosen
    Oct 16 '18 at 16:39
















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Please use the following steps to change the ownership of that folder and
correct that permission issue:



sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /home/tando/.config/nautilus


Note: Using sudo makes that folder and its contents get to be owned by root and that is not what VM wants and that's why your still get that error.



Next time don't create folders or files in your home folder using the sudo command. Root files and folders should be found in the / [a.k.a. root] folder.



IMPORTANT UPDATE:



The command you used touch creates files not folders so I think you have a file rather than a folder, do the following:



rm -rf /home/tando/.config/nautilus


then



mkdir /home/tando/.config/nautilus





share|improve this answer


























  • thank you now there is no error

    – Waris Dimbaza Tandokazi
    Oct 16 '18 at 14:56











  • @tandokazi great please click to accept it as an answer!

    – George Udosen
    Oct 16 '18 at 16:39














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Please use the following steps to change the ownership of that folder and
correct that permission issue:



sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /home/tando/.config/nautilus


Note: Using sudo makes that folder and its contents get to be owned by root and that is not what VM wants and that's why your still get that error.



Next time don't create folders or files in your home folder using the sudo command. Root files and folders should be found in the / [a.k.a. root] folder.



IMPORTANT UPDATE:



The command you used touch creates files not folders so I think you have a file rather than a folder, do the following:



rm -rf /home/tando/.config/nautilus


then



mkdir /home/tando/.config/nautilus





share|improve this answer















Please use the following steps to change the ownership of that folder and
correct that permission issue:



sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /home/tando/.config/nautilus


Note: Using sudo makes that folder and its contents get to be owned by root and that is not what VM wants and that's why your still get that error.



Next time don't create folders or files in your home folder using the sudo command. Root files and folders should be found in the / [a.k.a. root] folder.



IMPORTANT UPDATE:



The command you used touch creates files not folders so I think you have a file rather than a folder, do the following:



rm -rf /home/tando/.config/nautilus


then



mkdir /home/tando/.config/nautilus






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  • thank you now there is no error

    – Waris Dimbaza Tandokazi
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  • @tandokazi great please click to accept it as an answer!

    – George Udosen
    Oct 16 '18 at 16:39



















  • thank you now there is no error

    – Waris Dimbaza Tandokazi
    Oct 16 '18 at 14:56











  • @tandokazi great please click to accept it as an answer!

    – George Udosen
    Oct 16 '18 at 16:39

















thank you now there is no error

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thank you now there is no error

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@tandokazi great please click to accept it as an answer!

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