Just experienced this problem with a Seagate Expansion Drive - In Nautilus ownership is 'me' and permission is 'create and delete files' but when trying to write to the file the popup appears saying read-only. I tried the killall Nautilus and access is restored.
The system is ubuntu 16.04 LTS; nautilus version 1:3.18.4.is.3.14.3-0ubuntu6 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1021375 Title: Nautilus says the USB stick is read only when it is not To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nautilus/+bug/1021375/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs