Quote Originally Posted by cbagger01
Maybe you cannot get to your files because you do not have the authority to access them.

Type typing:

sudo konqueror &

into a terminal window and see if this session can access your files as "superuser" or root user.
Spot on. I knew I didn't have the permissions. The question remaining, of course, is how to get them.

When I type:

sudo konqueror &

I get:

Code:
[1] 4037

$ Error: "/var/tmp/kdecache-knoppix" is owned by uid1000 instead of uid 0.
Link points to "/tmp/kdecache-root"
Error: "/tmp/kde-knoppix" is owned by uid1000 instead of uid 0.
Link points to "/tmp/ksocket-root"
So, gentle warriors of obtuse German Linux builds, how would a mac guy like me crack the permissions on my lost+found file in such a way that I can read my data? I hereby promise that once I've got my files off this thing I will trouble you no more with insipid newbie tedium...

Seth