File access and permissions on chromebooks
I was puzzled, recently, over why Jedit could not access (see, read, write) most files on my Chromebook. Any experienced Linux user would know the answer instantly: "Your file permissions aren't set correctly." Here is some very rough guidance on how to access files stored locally on a Chromebook (in the "Chrome" and the Linux file systems) and on Google Drive. What follows assumes that you've turned on the Linux (Crostini) environment in your Chromebook. Again, this is rough:
** Do this once: In chromeos file manager: select a folder from left pane, share with linux or manage linux sharing. There is no such option for the Google Drive folder. File access there seems to be set file by file as you open to edit with jedit.
** Local files: In Jedit, navigate to /mnt/chromeos/MyFiles/
** Local linux files: In Jedit, navigate to /home/[username] OR in chrome file browser, go to Linux files (left pane), then select a file and open with Jedit.
** Google Drive files: In Drive, right click a file, select open with Jedit. (This grants permanent r/w permission to jedit, so later you can open the Jedit file browser, go to /mnt/chromeos/GoogleDrive/Computers/..., and open the previously edited file).
File access and permissions on chromebooks
I was puzzled, recently, over why Jedit could not access (see, read, write) most files on my Chromebook. Any experienced Linux user would know the answer instantly: "Your file permissions aren't set correctly." Here is some very rough guidance on how to access files stored locally on a Chromebook (in the "Chrome" and the Linux file systems) and on Google Drive. What follows assumes that you've turned on the Linux (Crostini) environment in your Chromebook. Again, this is rough:
** Do this once: In chromeos file manager: select a folder from left pane, share with linux or manage linux sharing. There is no such option for the Google Drive folder. File access there seems to be set file by file as you open to edit with jedit.
** Local files: In Jedit, navigate to /mnt/chromeos/MyFiles/
** Local linux files: In Jedit, navigate to /home/[username] OR in chrome file browser, go to Linux files (left pane), then select a file and open with Jedit.
** Google Drive files: In Drive, right click a file, select open with Jedit. (This grants permanent r/w permission to jedit, so later you can open the Jedit file browser, go to /mnt/chromeos/GoogleDrive/Computers/..., and open the previously edited file).
