[Please don't reply to me personally, as per the list's code of conduct.] On Sat, 28 Mar 2009 01:16:15 +0530 Divick Kishore <divick.kish...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Hi, > > > I have an external hard disk connected through usb, which though I am > > > able to mount, but I am unable to access the drive without superuser > > > privileges. Running mount command shows the following: > > > > > > /dev/sda1 on /mnt/maxtor type ntfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,user=divkis01) > > > > > > But when I try to access I see the following: > > > > > > $: ls /mnt/maxtor/ > > > ls: cannot open directory /mnt/maxtor/: Permission denied > > > > What does 'ls -l /mnt/maxtor' show? > > > It also shows: > > ls: cannot open directory /mnt/maxtor/: Permission denied 'sudo ls -l /mnt/maxtor' ? > > > I tried changing the owner but I see the following: > > > > > > $:sudo chown divkis01 /mnt/maxtor/ > > > chown: changing ownership of `/mnt/maxtor/': Read-only file system > > > > Well, it's apparently mounted read-only. What does 'mount | grep > > maxtor' show? What is the exact command you're using to mount the disk? > > > $: mount | grep maxtor > /dev/sda1 on /mnt/maxtor type ntfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,user=divkis01) Ah, so it's NTFS. I'm not quite sure of the current state of linux NTFS support, but according to this page, kernel support is RO, and you need a separate utility for writing: http://www.linux-ntfs.org/doku.php > I had posted that earlier as well. MY fstab looks something like this: > > /dev/sda1 /mnt/maxtor ntfs rw,user,noauto 0 0 > > and then I just do mount /mnt/maxtor Celejar -- mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org