On Mon, 2023-05-01 at 05:22 -0400, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > In copying them to USB: > > # cp -a /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/* > /run/media/rgm/3153-B4EA/system-connections/ > cp: failed to preserve ownership for > '/run/media/rgm/3153-B4EA/system-connections/enp3s0.nmconnection': > Operation not permitted > cp: failed to preserve ownership for > '/run/media/rgm/3153-B4EA/system-connections/HTTNET.nmconnection': > Operation not permitted It wouldn't really matter if ownership wasn't maintained (likely that your USB stick doesn't use a Linux filesystem), you could just change the ownerships and permissions when write the file into your new system. e.g. chown root:root path-and-name-of-your-files And probably: chmod rwxrwxr-- path-and-name-of-your-files -- uname -rsvp Linux 3.10.0-1160.88.1.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Mar 7 15:41:52 UTC 2023 x86_64 Boilerplate: All unexpected mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted. I will only get to see the messages that are posted to the mailing list. _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue