External hard drive read-only

[XCanisx]

I installed Kubuntu 11.10, but after that my Buffalo extarnal hard drive is read-only. What should I do to change it back to "normal"? I didn't find working method elsewhere... Thank you!

[Snowhog]

Need more information. What is the external HD formatted as? Do you have it connected 'all the time'?

[XCanisx]

I checked it and it was FAT32. And it has been connected all the time after the installation. Not during...

[Snowhog]

Easy enough fix then.

With the external drive connected (obviously ;D ), access it via Dolphin and then open a console (alt+F4). You will be in the 'root' directory of the mounted HD. Type:

sudo chown -R user:user *
where user is your login user account name. Here, it's paul, so:

sudo chown -R paul:paul *
This will change the user and group ownership on all directories/files on the external HD to your user. Exit the console and in Dolphin, click on your Home folder. Then right-click on the mounted external HD and select Unmount. Then remove the external HD. Wait a second or two and plug it back in. Access it via Dolphin and you *should* now have full read/write access to it.

[XCanisx]

It's working now. :D Thank you a lot!