Re: Problem accessing external usb drive in non superuser mode

2009-03-28 Thread Bryce
Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Sb,28.mar.09, 10:50:47, Bryce wrote: > >> Sorry about the missing 'ntfs'. Here's the line from my fstab that >> allows me to mount as an ordinary user: > > Mounting works, of course, due to the 'users' option. How about > accessing the files? > >> /dev/disk/by-label/

Re: Problem accessing external usb drive in non superuser mode

2009-03-28 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sb,28.mar.09, 10:50:47, Bryce wrote: > Sorry about the missing 'ntfs'. Here's the line from my fstab that > allows me to mount as an ordinary user: Mounting works, of course, due to the 'users' option. How about accessing the files? > /dev/disk/by-label/win2k /media/win2k ntfs > noaut

Re: Problem accessing external usb drive in non superuser mode

2009-03-28 Thread Bryce
Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Fri,27.Mar.09, 20:05:13, Bryce wrote: > >> Change your fstab entry to this: >> /dev/sda1 /mnt/maxtor ro,user,noauto,dmask=0022,fmask=0133,nls=utf8 >> 0 0 >> >> ... works for me! > > I think you are confusing ntfs with fat... BTW, your example is missing > the 'ty

Re: Problem accessing external usb drive in non superuser mode

2009-03-28 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sat,28.Mar.09, 00:13:35, ajm wrote: > > The 'user' option means that a user can *mount* that filesystem. You > > probably want the 'uid=divkis01'. See 'man mount', the section > > "Mount options for ntfs". > See if you have read/execute permission for /mnt/maxtor. You could try > to mount

Re: Problem accessing external usb drive in non superuser mode

2009-03-28 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Fri,27.Mar.09, 20:05:13, Bryce wrote: > Change your fstab entry to this: > /dev/sda1 /mnt/maxtor ro,user,noauto,dmask=0022,fmask=0133,nls=utf8 0 0 > > ... works for me! I think you are confusing ntfs with fat... BTW, your example is missing the 'type'. Regards, Andrei -- If you can't

Re: Problem accessing external usb drive in non superuser mode

2009-03-27 Thread ajm
On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 12:39:26AM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Sat,28.Mar.09, 00:52:58, 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

Re: Problem accessing external usb drive in non superuser mode

2009-03-27 Thread Bryce
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

Re: Problem accessing external usb drive in non superuser mode

2009-03-27 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sat,28.Mar.09, 00:52:58, 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

Re: Problem accessing external usb drive in non superuser mode

2009-03-27 Thread Celejar
[please don't cc. me.] On Sat, 28 Mar 2009 03:07:24 +0530 Divick Kishore wrote: > > > > > But I don´t want to write to that disk, only read. I tried changing the > > > entry in my fstab to ´ro´ but it is of no use. I still see the same > > > permission issue. Not sure why is this happening. > >

Re: Problem accessing external usb drive in non superuser mode

2009-03-27 Thread Divick Kishore
> > > But I don´t want to write to that disk, only read. I tried changing the > > entry in my fstab to ´ro´ but it is of no use. I still see the same > > permission issue. Not sure why is this happening. > > Well, you can't be surprised that you can't chown, since the filesystem > is RO, and if the

Re: Problem accessing external usb drive in non superuser mode

2009-03-27 Thread Celejar
On Sat, 28 Mar 2009 02:10:07 +0530 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

Re: Problem accessing external usb drive in non superuser mode

2009-03-27 Thread Divick Kishore
[Please don't reply to me personally, as per the list's code of > conduct.] Oh Sorry about that...I just hit the replyall button in my email client. > > > > Hi, > > > > I have an external hard disk connected through usb, which though > I am > > > > able to mount, but I am unable to access th

Re: Problem accessing external usb drive in non superuser mode

2009-03-27 Thread Celejar
[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 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

Re: Problem accessing external usb drive in non superuser mode

2009-03-27 Thread Divick Kishore
> > 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)

Re: Problem accessing external usb drive in non superuser mode

2009-03-27 Thread Celejar
On Sat, 28 Mar 2009 00:52:58 +0530 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

Problem accessing external usb drive in non superuser mode

2009-03-27 Thread Divick Kishore
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 acc