Unable to delete markdown file

ploid · April 24, 2021, 4:52pm

I have a markdown file that isn’t displayed properly. I just get a “Loading …” message:

When I try to delete it I get an “Unable to delete” message:

And when I look at the sharing data all I get is this:

I don’t know how I managed to do this but I now have two files that I can’t delete, this one and another markdown file that displays correctly in the markdown view but doesn’t give any sharing information.

Can anyone explain this? And is there a way to get rid of these unwanted files?

bourgeoa · April 24, 2021, 9:11pm

I suppose you tried to use the sharing pane on Welcome.md and removed the owner part, locking yourself out of the file leaving only Read for everybody.

As server admin, I renamed Welcome.acl to Welcome.acl.txt so you can see the acl content.
Everything should be working now.

This is a known problem. Always check to keep at least ReadWrite access.

You can ask for support and report issue on GitHub - solid/solidcommunity.net: Operational issue tracking for solidcommunity.net

ploid · April 25, 2021, 9:10am

Many thanks, @bourgeoa. I had surmised that I had somehow removed all access to those files but I wouldn’t have done that deliberately and I still don’t know how I managed it. What is clear, though, is that I don’t fully understand how the sharing permissions work. The Data Browser’s User Guide doesn’t seem to cover all the behaviour I see on my Pod. Is there some further explanation somewhere that I’ve missed?

And can I ask another favour, please? Can you recover the other unaccessible file for me, too?

https://ploid.solidcommunity.net/private/Testing.md

Sorry to be a pain.

Postscript
It looks as though I might have fallen foul of issue #39 in the GitHub issues list.

bourgeoa · April 25, 2021, 12:56pm

Same problem, same solution applied. Done.

If you feel something is missing in the guide can you open an issue and post a Pull Request (PR)

github.com

solid/userguide/blob/main/views/sharing/userguide.md

---
description: User Guide For Sharing Data Browser view
---

# Sharing View User Guide

- [Introduction](#introduction)
- [View](#view)
- [Specific Sharing for a Resource](#specific-sharing-for-a-resource)
- [Custom Sharing](#custom-sharing)
  - [Add](#add)
  - [Adjust](#adjust)
  - [Remove](#remove)
  
## Introduction
Solid allows you to control who can access folders and data resources within your Pod, and what permission they have — i.e., read, create, update, and/or delete. 

## View
To display the Sharing view for a folder or data resource:
1. In the [Data Browser](https://github.com/solid/userguide/README.md), navigate to the resource.

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