Re: Ownership of external usb hard drive
On 22 December 2011 10:52, Raf Czlonka <rjc@linuxstuff.pl> wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 10:35:34AM GMT, Sharon Kimble wrote:
>> I've just tried to create a folder on the external h/d which failed.
>> This is the error report;-
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> mkdir /media/8eef3b99-c17b-4913-ae61-d34c7fd5d459/test
>> mkdir: cannot create directory
>> `/media/8eef3b99-c17b-4913-ae61-d34c7fd5d459/test': Permission denied
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> Any ideas for a solution please?
>
> 1. What filesystem is it?
ext3
> 2. How do you mount it, using which utility?
gnome automounts on reboot
> 3. Do you use /etc/fstab entry and if so what is it?
no
> 4. After mounting your drive do "ls -la /media".
drwxr-xr-x 182 root root 12288 Dec 20 21:42 8eef3b99-c17b-4913-ae61-d34c7fd5d459
Sharon.
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