Hi, I have an external hard disk that, when I plug in, says its owner is root, which is fine by me. Except the only user who can view & modify content is owner, and seeing as I'm not the owner I can't modify permissions. Can somebody help? (I know it's probably easy to get root privileges, but I'm not very good at command lines)
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Re: Changing permissions on an external hard disk
There are (in true Linux fashion) a number of ways to do this.
To find out the best one for you please tell us both how you want to use this external drive. Is it attached to the box on a permanent basis? Do you unplug it frequently? Where do you want it mounted/appear in your directory tree?
Also, if you are not scared of mounting itself but shy away from the command line you may want to consider installing mountmanager.Once your problem is solved please mark the topic of the first post as SOLVED so others know and can benefit from your experience! / FAQ
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Re: Changing permissions on an external hard disk
Again, this goes for both of you
How is the drive formated? Could you plug it in, run the following commands and post the output please.
Code:dmesg|tail mount
Code:ls -la
Once your problem is solved please mark the topic of the first post as SOLVED so others know and can benefit from your experience! / FAQ
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