[SOLVED] unwrittable external hdd formated with ext4

[nicrnicr]

Dear All,

I've been searching in the internet without finding help.

I formated an external hdd with ext4 but I apparently cannot write on it. Furthermore it is not written that I am allowed to write on it, but it is also not written that I'm not allowed.
Please, could you help me to write on it?

[nicrnicr]

Hi everybody,
I wrote

sudo chown -R user:user /path/to/external drive

where the two "user" have been replaced by the username and the problme has been solved.

[oshunluvr]

Yes, except for VFAT or NTFS, you must modify ownership the first time a USB stick is inserted. EXT and other file systems that are POSIX require this.