[ILUG] file permissions?

[Philip Creevy]

Hi all,

I have just setup a windows user with FC5
and have run into what seems like a strange 
problem.
I copied all of his documents from windows 
to a CD, I then copied the contents of the CD 
to folder on his Linux desktop, I then changed 
all permissions of the copied files with 
"chmod -R u+w *".
When he tries to open any of the .doc files
nothing happens so I logged in as root with SSH.
I looked at the permissions and they are all 
"-rw-r--r--" and owner and group is him.
I then logged in as him but when I tried to change 
directory to where the files are I got permission 
denied.
The folder on his desktop is called "backup15062006"
that I created as him on his desktop but it is the
folders under this folder I cannot access through
SSH.
He can drag the files to his desktop and then open 
then.

Baffled.

Philip