Getting Clear read only status on Webstorm 8

Question

I have webstorm 8 installed on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.

I am trying to edit a file but I am getting a popup, with heading "Clear read only status", which shows file and two radio button

When I select Using File system and click OK, nothing happens, and it doesn't allow to select Second option.

I am using git as my dcvs.

Please guide me on how I can remove this read only status from that file.

score 269 · Accepted Answer · edited Oct 05 '20 at 09:51

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I had similar problem and I ran following command and my problem was resolved:

sudo chown -R $(whoami) my-project-folder

Works on both Ubuntu & OS X

To check username use: whoami

edited Oct 05 '20 at 09:51

raveren

answered Oct 19 '14 at 08:08

Raheel

Worked on OS X w/git + Webstorm 9 – Duke Hall Mar 09 '15 at 19:48
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yup. `sudo chown -R $(whoami) project-folder` – Eat at Joes Apr 22 '15 at 04:26
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This helped me too, and I had the problem in Webstorm10! – andygoestohollywood May 20 '15 at 16:00
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I have searched a lot at jetbrains.com but it did not give me right solution.Thanks @Raheel. FYI, I did not face this situation at windows ever. This is for only linux and Mac I faced. – naf4me May 24 '16 at 08:58
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or `sudo chown -R \`whoami\` ` – zhibirc Dec 21 '17 at 10:38
I made an angular project as root, now i can't edit the app.component.html file in webstorm, help! – Debadatta Jun 10 '18 at 08:35
@Debadatta as it is mentioned in the answer, you;ll have to change the ownership of the project folder. `sudo chown -R `whoami` ` – RAQ Jun 10 '18 at 12:16
yeah, works... I just wanted to add what the folder is it's basically a path which can be absolute or relative. So it can be `/Users/username/Documents/automation-dashboard` – Sergey Pleshakov May 13 '19 at 19:11

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 28 '20 at 08:39

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Same answer as above but use the current user and also add the files to the current group

sudo chown -R $USER:$USER my-project-folder

$USER is a variable which stores your currently logged in user,at least on Ubuntu.

answered Apr 28 '20 at 08:39

Mihai

score 1 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:54

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When I select Using File system and click OK, nothing happens

Nothing visible happen, but you should be able to edit your file, since the file should now be in 755 mode (as opposed to 644)

More generally, check your umask: it should be 0022, which means a git clone would by default create 644 files (writable), as detailed in "why my file permission being changed after pull from git repository".

it doesn't allow to select Second option.

That may be because the sources edited in Webstorm aren't in a git repo.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:54

Community

answered Aug 20 '14 at 06:47

VonC

Hi VonC, I am new to linux so don't know what exactly 644 and 755 mode means. However I am also looking into this – Mozak Aug 20 '14 at 16:05
My file seems to be in 644 mode -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1283 Aug 20 17:04 profileMenu.html – Mozak Aug 20 '14 at 16:51
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@Mozak yes, but it owned by 'root', and you are likely to launch your IDE Webstorm as your account (and not root), hance the read-only attribute. You chould chown all those files into your account (http://superuser.com/a/260939). – VonC Aug 20 '14 at 16:53

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