** Summary changed:
- Mounted ext3 file systems are not writable by users
+ Dynamically mounted ext3 file systems are not writable by users
** Description changed:
Binary package hint: hal
A friend of mine (an average Ubuntu Jaunty user) recently bought a new
internal SATA hard disk. After installing and formatting it with ext3
filesystem, he complains about Ubuntu mounts it with read-only
permissions, so he can't write anything on it.
Steps to reproduce:
1. Install a new internal SATA hard disk into the computer.
2. Use Gparted to create a new ext3 partition into it.
3. Restart hal or reboot. The new drive is displayed in Places->Computer.
4. Click on the drive to mount it.
Result:
- The drive is mounted read-only. You can't create any folder or file on it.
- The mount point is /media/disk, with "root" owner, "root" group and
"rwxr-xr-x" permissions.
- To gain write permissions into the drive, you must manually enter:
+ WORKAROUNDS:
+ ==========
+
+ 1) Change the default permissions to 777:
$ sudo chmod 777 /media/disk
Since then, you have full write access to the new drive, and hal
"remembers" the new permissions, so the write access is granted every
time you reboot, and you don't need to retype the chmod command every
time.
- Therefore, I think hal should get 777 permissions by default on the
- mountpoint of any new hard disk drive, like /media/disk and so. Without
- that, an average user will not have full read/write access to the new
- drive, minimizing his/her user experience and maximizing his/her
- frustration.
+ 2) Change the default owner to $USER:
+
+ $ sudo chown $USER /media/disk
+
+ This is what hal already does when you insert a FAT32 volume (i.e. an
+ USB pen drive or an SD card).
+
+
+ Therefore, I think hal should do any of the above by default on the
mountpoint of any new hard disk drive, like /media/disk and so. Without that,
an average user will not have full read/write access to the new drive,
minimizing his/her user experience and maximizing his/her frustration.
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Dynamically mounted ext3 file systems are not writable by users
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/382074
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