On Wednesday 12 October 2005 12:24 am, Duncan Anderson wrote: > Aron Smith wrote: > >I have a USB external HDD but I can only read write to it as root is > > there a way to set this drive so that the user can copy to/from this > > drive? > > Using drakconf you can change the mount options so that the device can > be mounted by normal users. Also, while the drive is unmounted, change > the permissions on the device and the mount point. > > For example, if you mount the drive in /mnt/usb1 , chmod 777 /mnt/usb1 > and if the device is /dev/sda1, chmod 666 /dev/sda1. > > Also, once the drive is mounted, run something like this as root: > > find /mnt/usb1 -type d -print | xargs chmod 777 > > if you want to give all users full read, write and execute permissions > in all directories on the device. That worked I can as a user read and write to it now to put an ISO on it and try an install from it. > > cheers > Duncan > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > Yahoo! Messenger - NEW crystal clear PC to PC calling worldwide with > voicemail http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
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