External hard drive read-only
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!
-
Last edited by XCanisx; Mar 19, 2012, 12:57 PM. -
Need more information. What is the external HD formatted as? Do you have it connected 'all the time'?Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007
"It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes
-
I checked it and it was FAT32. And it has been connected all the time after the installation. Not during...Comment
-
Easy enough fix then.
With the external drive connected (obviously
), access it via Dolphin and then open a console (alt+F4). You will be in the 'root' directory of the mounted HD. Type:
where user is your login user account name. Here, it's paul, so:Code:sudo chown -R user:user *
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.Code:sudo chown -R paul:paul *
Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007
"It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes
Comment
-
It's working now.
Thank you a lot!
Comment
Comment