How to change ownership for an external HDD?
I've got an external HDD (640 GB), with file system FAT32. I want to change the ownership of it from root (default) to angstrem (my username). The system is mounted to /media/exthdd. I try to do that by a command:
sudo chown -vR angstrem:angstrem /media/exthdd
and after that the system gives me an error:
chown: changing ownership of `/media/exthdd': Operation not permitted
If anybody knows, please tell me, how to change ownership of that HDD?
external-hdd chown
asked Mar 20 '12 at 20:52
AngstremAngstrem
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I've got an external HDD (640 GB), with file system FAT32. I want to change the ownership of it from root (default) to angstrem (my username). The system is mounted to /media/exthdd. I try to do that by a command:
sudo chown -vR angstrem:angstrem /media/exthdd
and after that the system gives me an error:
chown: changing ownership of `/media/exthdd': Operation not permitted
If anybody knows, please tell me, how to change ownership of that HDD?
external-hdd chown
asked Mar 20 '12 at 20:52
AngstremAngstrem
150138
see this askubuntu.com/questions/88080/…
– Ringtail
Mar 20 '12 at 21:22
I tested this and found that when I mount external HDs I am automatically made the owner of the relevant /media/<name>
– cprofitt
Mar 21 '12 at 1:34
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I've got an external HDD (640 GB), with file system FAT32. I want to change the ownership of it from root (default) to angstrem (my username). The system is mounted to /media/exthdd. I try to do that by a command:
sudo chown -vR angstrem:angstrem /media/exthdd
and after that the system gives me an error:
chown: changing ownership of `/media/exthdd': Operation not permitted
If anybody knows, please tell me, how to change ownership of that HDD?
external-hdd chown
asked Mar 20 '12 at 20:52
AngstremAngstrem
150138
I've got an external HDD (640 GB), with file system FAT32. I want to change the ownership of it from root (default) to angstrem (my username). The system is mounted to /media/exthdd. I try to do that by a command:
sudo chown -vR angstrem:angstrem /media/exthdd
and after that the system gives me an error:
chown: changing ownership of `/media/exthdd': Operation not permitted
If anybody knows, please tell me, how to change ownership of that HDD?
external-hdd chown
external-hdd chown
asked Mar 20 '12 at 20:52
AngstremAngstrem
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asked Mar 20 '12 at 20:52
AngstremAngstrem
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asked Mar 20 '12 at 20:52
AngstremAngstrem
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asked Mar 20 '12 at 20:52
AngstremAngstrem
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asked Mar 20 '12 at 20:52
AngstremAngstrem
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see this askubuntu.com/questions/88080/…
– Ringtail
Mar 20 '12 at 21:22
I tested this and found that when I mount external HDs I am automatically made the owner of the relevant /media/<name>
– cprofitt
Mar 21 '12 at 1:34
add a comment |
see this askubuntu.com/questions/88080/…
– Ringtail
Mar 20 '12 at 21:22
I tested this and found that when I mount external HDs I am automatically made the owner of the relevant /media/<name>
– cprofitt
Mar 21 '12 at 1:34
see this askubuntu.com/questions/88080/…
– Ringtail
Mar 20 '12 at 21:22
see this askubuntu.com/questions/88080/…
– Ringtail
Mar 20 '12 at 21:22
I tested this and found that when I mount external HDs I am automatically made the owner of the relevant /media/<name>
– cprofitt
Mar 21 '12 at 1:34
I tested this and found that when I mount external HDs I am automatically made the owner of the relevant /media/<name>
– cprofitt
Mar 21 '12 at 1:34
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FAT doesn't support file ownership, so you need to specify the owner when you mount the device. You can do this by adding uid and gid options to your mount command.
answered Mar 20 '12 at 21:52
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Mounting this way in Ubuntu 18.10 is deprecated, but still works. With a spot of luck your external drive will be mounted as the current user. Please note though that sdb1 may not be the name of your drive.
gvfs-mount -d /dev/sdb1
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FAT doesn't support file ownership, so you need to specify the owner when you mount the device. You can do this by adding uid and gid options to your mount command.
answered Mar 20 '12 at 21:52
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FAT doesn't support file ownership, so you need to specify the owner when you mount the device. You can do this by adding uid and gid options to your mount command.
answered Mar 20 '12 at 21:52
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FAT doesn't support file ownership, so you need to specify the owner when you mount the device. You can do this by adding uid and gid options to your mount command.
answered Mar 20 '12 at 21:52
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FAT doesn't support file ownership, so you need to specify the owner when you mount the device. You can do this by adding uid and gid options to your mount command.
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Mounting this way in Ubuntu 18.10 is deprecated, but still works. With a spot of luck your external drive will be mounted as the current user. Please note though that sdb1 may not be the name of your drive.
gvfs-mount -d /dev/sdb1
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Mounting this way in Ubuntu 18.10 is deprecated, but still works. With a spot of luck your external drive will be mounted as the current user. Please note though that sdb1 may not be the name of your drive.
gvfs-mount -d /dev/sdb1
answered 13 mins ago
JackJack
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Mounting this way in Ubuntu 18.10 is deprecated, but still works. With a spot of luck your external drive will be mounted as the current user. Please note though that sdb1 may not be the name of your drive.
gvfs-mount -d /dev/sdb1
answered 13 mins ago
JackJack
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Mounting this way in Ubuntu 18.10 is deprecated, but still works. With a spot of luck your external drive will be mounted as the current user. Please note though that sdb1 may not be the name of your drive.
gvfs-mount -d /dev/sdb1
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see this askubuntu.com/questions/88080/…
– Ringtail
Mar 20 '12 at 21:22
I tested this and found that when I mount external HDs I am automatically made the owner of the relevant /media/<name>
– cprofitt
Mar 21 '12 at 1:34