Divick Kishore 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 > > >> > 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) > > 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 > > Thanks, > Divick
Change your fstab entry to this: /dev/sda1 /mnt/maxtor ro,user,noauto,dmask=0022,fmask=0133,nls=utf8 0 0 ... works for me! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
