PyCharm Unable to save workspace files -.idea permissions

Question

I'm using ubuntu 16.04, and lately i've been getting the following error in PyCharm:

PyCharm was unable to save some project files,
are you sure you want to close this project anyway?

Read-only files:
/home/adiel/PycharmProjects/spark-test/.idea/workspace.xml

When using ls -la on the specified .idea folder i get:

drwxrwxr-x 2 adiel adiel 4096 .idea

I've tried using chmod 777 on the folder, but it remains the same.

Any Ideas?

Thanks

@Rahul , this is for windows. how do i make this change in ubuntu? thanks — Adiel, Dec 21 '16 at 17:44
Did you check the permissions for workspace.xml ? Post in your Q also. — Rahul, Dec 21 '16 at 17:49
Thanks. when using sudo chmod for workspace, problem is solved. if you can post this as an answer i'll mark it as accepted :) — Adiel, Dec 21 '16 at 18:03

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 21 '16 at 18:16

Error message:

PyCharm was unable to save some project files,
are you sure you want to close this project anyway?

Read-only files:
/home/adiel/PycharmProjects/spark-test/.idea/workspace.xml

According to your error message problme is with workspace.xml file. You have to provide appropriate permission to workspace.xml file using sudo chmod command.

PyCharm Unable to save workspace files -.idea permissions

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