Can't View Drive Contents (Permissions needed)

[maxf15]

I try to open storage media>sdd1 from konqueror (sdd1 is an external hard drive connected via USB), and get the following error:

You do not have enough permissions to read file:///media/sdd1

Anyone know how to get "enough permissions?" I am logged in to kde as my own user. I know how to log in as root through konsole using "sudo su" but have no idea what commands to use to give my own user the proper permissions.

Anyone?

Thanks.

[maxf15]

Re: Can't View Drive Contents (Permissions needed)

Addendum:

Logged on to root, then used "chmod ugo+rwx sdd1" and got this:

chmod: changing permissions of `sdd1': Read-only file system

But listing the drives using "ls -al" I get:

total 92
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 2007-06-27 12:40 .
drwxr-xr-x 21 root root 4096 2007-06-25 10:12 ..
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 2007-06-25 17:35 cdrom -> cdrom0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2007-06-25 17:35 cdrom0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 45 2007-06-25 17:36 .directory -> /etc/kubuntu-default-settings/directory-media
--wS--s--T 1 root root 0 2007-04-17 14:25 .hal-mtab-lock
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 42 2007-06-25 17:36 .hidden -> /etc/kubuntu-default-settings/hidden-media
dr-xr-x--- 1 root plugdev 4096 2007-06-22 23:38 sda1
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 16384 2007-06-27 16:08 sda2
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 16384 1970-01-01 09:00 sdb3
dr-x------ 1 root root 45056 2007-06-26 17:27 sdd1

sdd1 is still showing read and execute but not write ("w"). And I still get the "not enough permissions" error from konqueror.

I'm afraid I'm at a loss. Any ideas?

[dibl]

Re: Can't View Drive Contents (Permissions needed)

Upon observing all the trouble that folks are having with their external USB drives, I've steadfastly resisted the temptation to buy one.

But, there are about a zillion posts on this exact subject on the Ubuntu forum -- I assume there are solutions posted there as well. It sounds to me like the basic problem is the dynamic assignment of USB device ID's at the time they are plugged in to the bus, and the lack of association of a particular user (and his privileges) to random USB devices.

Good luck -- if you discover a straightforward, universal solution it would be great if you would post it for all your fellow sufferers!

[penguin.ch]

Re: Can't View Drive Contents (Permissions needed)

I've steadfastly resisted the temptation to buy one

Why? I own two of them, and they work like a charm - with ReiserFS and Kubuntu 06.10 :P

The combination of NTFS (via USB) and "Feisty" is what is causing all the trouble in question.

[dibl]

Re: Can't View Drive Contents (Permissions needed)

they work like a charm - with ReiserFS and Kubuntu 06.10 :P

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Thank you, U.R. -- now I feel my courage rising! But, can it work in Feisty?

[penguin.ch]

Re: Can't View Drive Contents (Permissions needed)

But, can it work in Feisty?

"Out of the box":

USER # more /etc/issue

Ubuntu 07.04

USER # lsusb

Bus 001 003: Freecom
Bus 001 002: Western Digital

USER # fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sdb: 250.0 GB
Disk /dev/sdc: 160.0 GB

USER # more /etc/mtab | grep sd

/dev/sdb1 /media/disk-1 reiserfs
/dev/sdc1 /media/disk-2 reiserfs

USER # ls -l /media

drwxr-xr-x root root disk-1
drwxr-xr-x root root disk-2

[dibl]

Re: Can't View Drive Contents (Permissions needed)

Great -- thanks! Yes, I prefer reiserfs too -- especially after a power outage takes me down!

[penguin.ch]

Re: Can't View Drive Contents (Permissions needed)

Great

Wait, wait - I'm not finished yet:

USER # more /etc/fstab | grep id

/dev/disk/by-id/usb-WDC_WD16_00BB-22GUC0_DEF10AC32D9E-0:0-part1 \
 /media/data reiserfs noauto,users,rw 0 0
/dev/disk/by-id/usb-WDC_WD25_00BB-22RDA0_D1000294-0:0-part1 \
 /media/save reiserfs noauto,users,rw 0 0

USER # mount /media/data <= this is not a joke
USER # mount /media/save <= (not this time ...)

USER # more /etc/mtab | grep sd

/dev/sdb1 /media/save reiserfs <= aka "disk-1"
/dev/sdc1 /media/data reiserfs <= aka "disk-2"

Q.E.D.

[dibl]

Re: Can't View Drive Contents (Permissions needed)

USER # mount /media/data <= this is not a joke
USER # mount /media/save <= (not this time ...)

USER # more /etc/mtab | grep sd

/dev/sdb1 /media/save reiserfs <= aka "disk-1"
/dev/sdc1 /media/data reiserfs <= aka "disk-2"

8) You are the Dr.!

[penguin.ch]

Re: Can't View Drive Contents (Permissions needed)

You are the Dr.!

Worse than that:

USER # ll /media

drwxrwxrwx root root [...] data
drwxrwxrwx root root [...] save

USER # mount [blabla]

drwxr-xr-x root root [...] data <= WTH ???
drwxr-xr-x root root [...] save <= (Ditto.)

ROOT # chmod 777 /media/data
ROOT # chmod 777 /media/save

USER # unmount [blabla]
USER # remount [blabla]

drwxrwxrwx root root [...] data <= :-)))
drwxrwxrwx root root [...] save <= :-)))

[maxf15]

Re: Can't View Drive Contents (Permissions needed)

Okay,

You guys are the heat. Now try to pretend your IQ is 20 points less for the original poster for a second.

How do I translate any of the above to a solution for my Feisty/USB/NTFS woes? Remember noob here; things like "Then open Konsole and type 'blah, blah'" help greatly!

Thanks.

[penguin.ch]

Re: Can't View Drive Contents (Permissions needed)

Now try to pretend your IQ is 20 points less for the original poster for a second.

Ooops

How do I translate any of the above to a solution for my Feisty/USB/NTFS woes?

My little "hack attack" simply proves that "Feisty" co-operates with USB disks
- provided they're featuring Linux file systems (which M$ NTFS is not ... sorry).

[maxf15]

Re: Can't View Drive Contents (Permissions needed)

For the life of me I can't read the contents of my external USB-connected hard drive. I used system settings>Disk and File Systems to mount the drive. No problem, I go in to Konsole, navigate to the media folder and the drive shows up. I try to look at the directory and get this error:

bash: cd: sda1: Permission denied

Using Konqueror I get this error:

You do not have enough permissions to read file:///media/sda1

The USB drive (sda1) has all my old data on it and I'd like to transfer it to an internal (FAT32 formatted) hard drive.

Can anyone help me view the contents of this drive? Or is it impossible for kubuntu to copy from an NTFS file system?

[SheeEttin]

Re: Can't View Drive Contents (Permissions needed)

Tried mounting it with the options "uid=1000,gid=1000" (assuming your UID and GID are 1000)?

[maxf15]

Re: Can't View Drive Contents (Permissions needed)

How do I get my UID, GID?