I have a second HDD on my system that I can't add folders or files to. The permission access says the owner, (my) has rwx abilities. I'm new to kubuntu and used fedora before and this same hassle also existed and wasn't resolved.
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Is it an internal HDD or connected externally via USB?Windows no longer obstructs my view.
Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
"It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes -
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Is there anything on the second HDD? Open a console and type:
What is the /dev/sdx designation of the second HDD?Code:sudo fdisk -l
Windows no longer obstructs my view.
Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
"It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock HolmesComment
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/dev/sdb1Comment
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In the console type:
After you type in your password, there will be a file on the second HDD called junk.txt. It will be owned by root. Then type:Code:sudo touch /dev/sdb1/junk.txt
where username is your username. Assuming it's jim3297 you would type:Code:sudo chown -R username:username /dev/sdb1
This will change the ownership and group to your username for everything on the second HDD. You will then have no problem accessing it.Code:sudo chown -R jim3297:jim3297 /dev/sdb1
Windows no longer obstructs my view.
Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
"It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock HolmesComment
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Thanks, I appreciate the help.Comment
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I thought the problem was solved, but I am being denied access to second HDD, I don't have permission.Comment
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Look at my reply #6 again. I had a syntax error in the first action. Repeat the commands.Windows no longer obstructs my view.
Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
"It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock HolmesComment
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There seems to be something else wrong. I repeated the line in #6 above and got: touch: cannot touch '/dev/sdb1/junk.txt': Not a directoryComment
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Snowhog - can you access a block device that way? Did you mean to attempt a mount before the other test, or is this something I'm not aware of.Comment
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Is it formatted?"A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.”
– John F. Kennedy, February 26, 1962.Comment
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I don't know what you mean.Comment
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Yes, ext4Comment
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If this is directed at my comment, what I meant is AFAIK you can't access the file system using the block device.Originally posted by jim3297 View Post
/dev/sdb1 is a block device. One would have to mount the file system that is on the block device to access it at the file level.
You would have to do something like this:
sudo mkdir /mnt/sdb1
sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/sdb1
Then do Snowhog's commands using /mnt/sdb1 instaed of /dev/sdb1.Comment
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