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What are these lock icons in my "computer"?

rated 0 times [ 3] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 2929 / 3 Years ago, thu, august 5, 2021, 9:02:55

Does this look right to you?

my "computer" directory

I'm new to ubuntu, and I have feeling that it didn't used to be like this. I must have done something! How can I undo whatever I have done to it?

Edit: I log in like this: Turn on the computer. Wait..... voila

Edit2:

ali@ali-ubuntu-system:~$ ls -ld /{snap,media,initrd}

ls: cannot access '/initrd': No such file or directory

drwxr-xrwx 3 root root 4096 دسامب  6 04:28 /media

drwxr-xrwx 2 ali  ali  4096 ژوئن  30  2016 /snap

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answered 3 Years ago ticrew · Accepted Answer

The lock icon indicates that you can't write to these files and folders. The location of "Computer" is /, and files and folders immediately in / are all usually owned by root and don't have write permissions for other users. Hence, the screenshot is mostly OK, except for the snap and media directories, and the initrd file. There's something wrong there, since none of them are writable by your user by default, and initrd is usually a symbolic link (like the vmlinuz file next to it).