Cannot change permission to external hard drive on Ubuntu 18.04
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I know this question has been asked before, but I cannot find a solution for Ubuntu 18.04
I have an external hard drive (FAT32) that had a default name with spaces that was making my life hell for scripting. So I manually changed the mount point to /media/$user/Ext1TB but now I do not have write access to the disk and cannot save or modify the content. It used to work fine.
Things I have tried:
sudo chown -R $USER:$USER path/to/folder
gksu nautilus (doesn't work on 18.04?)
sudo chmod -R 777 /<folder name or path>
changing permissions through sudo nautilus (works but does not stay like that)
So I am a bit out of ideas. Any other suggestion that doesn't involve formatting?
I have already looked at the following posts:
- Changing file permissions on USB external hard drive
- External hard drive not allowing permission
Edit:
Thanks to guiverc I now understand the problem with FAT32 permissions. I have tried the following with no result:
sudo mount /dev/sda1 /media/$USER/Ext1TB
should I add the -w? The help says it is implicit. Can somebody help with the mount call?
From what I understand of the post suggested to make it permanent I have to add or modify a line in fstab similar to this:
UUID=8C52-C1CD /home/storage auto user,umask=000,utf8,auto 0 0
But I have no idea on how to build the line, find the correct UUID number and set the correct options. Any suggestion with that?
permissions mount hard-drive
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I know this question has been asked before, but I cannot find a solution for Ubuntu 18.04
I have an external hard drive (FAT32) that had a default name with spaces that was making my life hell for scripting. So I manually changed the mount point to /media/$user/Ext1TB but now I do not have write access to the disk and cannot save or modify the content. It used to work fine.
Things I have tried:
sudo chown -R $USER:$USER path/to/folder
gksu nautilus (doesn't work on 18.04?)
sudo chmod -R 777 /<folder name or path>
changing permissions through sudo nautilus (works but does not stay like that)
So I am a bit out of ideas. Any other suggestion that doesn't involve formatting?
I have already looked at the following posts:
- Changing file permissions on USB external hard drive
- External hard drive not allowing permission
Edit:
Thanks to guiverc I now understand the problem with FAT32 permissions. I have tried the following with no result:
sudo mount /dev/sda1 /media/$USER/Ext1TB
should I add the -w? The help says it is implicit. Can somebody help with the mount call?
From what I understand of the post suggested to make it permanent I have to add or modify a line in fstab similar to this:
UUID=8C52-C1CD /home/storage auto user,umask=000,utf8,auto 0 0
But I have no idea on how to build the line, find the correct UUID number and set the correct options. Any suggestion with that?
permissions mount hard-drive
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FAT32 partitions don't include space to store posix/unix/linux file permission bits (+r +w +x etc) as it has different bits (/hid /sys /ro /arc) so thechmodcannot work. Your 'fix' is to mount (ie. mount with permissions you want; the new directory has different permissions to where you mounted it previously)
– guiverc
yesterday
4
Possible duplicate of Mount USB drive with write permissions for everyone or specific user
– guiverc
yesterday
@guiverc Indeed your suggestion seems fitting but it didn't work for me. please see the edit for details
– ciskoh
yesterday
should besudo mount /dev/sda1 /media/$USER/Ext1TB -o umask=000
– tatsu
yesterday
Thanks @tatsu that worked
– ciskoh
yesterday
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I know this question has been asked before, but I cannot find a solution for Ubuntu 18.04
I have an external hard drive (FAT32) that had a default name with spaces that was making my life hell for scripting. So I manually changed the mount point to /media/$user/Ext1TB but now I do not have write access to the disk and cannot save or modify the content. It used to work fine.
Things I have tried:
sudo chown -R $USER:$USER path/to/folder
gksu nautilus (doesn't work on 18.04?)
sudo chmod -R 777 /<folder name or path>
changing permissions through sudo nautilus (works but does not stay like that)
So I am a bit out of ideas. Any other suggestion that doesn't involve formatting?
I have already looked at the following posts:
- Changing file permissions on USB external hard drive
- External hard drive not allowing permission
Edit:
Thanks to guiverc I now understand the problem with FAT32 permissions. I have tried the following with no result:
sudo mount /dev/sda1 /media/$USER/Ext1TB
should I add the -w? The help says it is implicit. Can somebody help with the mount call?
From what I understand of the post suggested to make it permanent I have to add or modify a line in fstab similar to this:
UUID=8C52-C1CD /home/storage auto user,umask=000,utf8,auto 0 0
But I have no idea on how to build the line, find the correct UUID number and set the correct options. Any suggestion with that?
permissions mount hard-drive
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I know this question has been asked before, but I cannot find a solution for Ubuntu 18.04
I have an external hard drive (FAT32) that had a default name with spaces that was making my life hell for scripting. So I manually changed the mount point to /media/$user/Ext1TB but now I do not have write access to the disk and cannot save or modify the content. It used to work fine.
Things I have tried:
sudo chown -R $USER:$USER path/to/folder
gksu nautilus (doesn't work on 18.04?)
sudo chmod -R 777 /<folder name or path>
changing permissions through sudo nautilus (works but does not stay like that)
So I am a bit out of ideas. Any other suggestion that doesn't involve formatting?
I have already looked at the following posts:
- Changing file permissions on USB external hard drive
- External hard drive not allowing permission
Edit:
Thanks to guiverc I now understand the problem with FAT32 permissions. I have tried the following with no result:
sudo mount /dev/sda1 /media/$USER/Ext1TB
should I add the -w? The help says it is implicit. Can somebody help with the mount call?
From what I understand of the post suggested to make it permanent I have to add or modify a line in fstab similar to this:
UUID=8C52-C1CD /home/storage auto user,umask=000,utf8,auto 0 0
But I have no idea on how to build the line, find the correct UUID number and set the correct options. Any suggestion with that?
permissions mount hard-drive
permissions mount hard-drive
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FAT32 partitions don't include space to store posix/unix/linux file permission bits (+r +w +x etc) as it has different bits (/hid /sys /ro /arc) so thechmodcannot work. Your 'fix' is to mount (ie. mount with permissions you want; the new directory has different permissions to where you mounted it previously)
– guiverc
yesterday
4
Possible duplicate of Mount USB drive with write permissions for everyone or specific user
– guiverc
yesterday
@guiverc Indeed your suggestion seems fitting but it didn't work for me. please see the edit for details
– ciskoh
yesterday
should besudo mount /dev/sda1 /media/$USER/Ext1TB -o umask=000
– tatsu
yesterday
Thanks @tatsu that worked
– ciskoh
yesterday
|
show 1 more comment
1
FAT32 partitions don't include space to store posix/unix/linux file permission bits (+r +w +x etc) as it has different bits (/hid /sys /ro /arc) so thechmodcannot work. Your 'fix' is to mount (ie. mount with permissions you want; the new directory has different permissions to where you mounted it previously)
– guiverc
yesterday
4
Possible duplicate of Mount USB drive with write permissions for everyone or specific user
– guiverc
yesterday
@guiverc Indeed your suggestion seems fitting but it didn't work for me. please see the edit for details
– ciskoh
yesterday
should besudo mount /dev/sda1 /media/$USER/Ext1TB -o umask=000
– tatsu
yesterday
Thanks @tatsu that worked
– ciskoh
yesterday
1
1
FAT32 partitions don't include space to store posix/unix/linux file permission bits (+r +w +x etc) as it has different bits (/hid /sys /ro /arc) so the
chmod cannot work. Your 'fix' is to mount (ie. mount with permissions you want; the new directory has different permissions to where you mounted it previously)– guiverc
yesterday
FAT32 partitions don't include space to store posix/unix/linux file permission bits (+r +w +x etc) as it has different bits (/hid /sys /ro /arc) so the
chmod cannot work. Your 'fix' is to mount (ie. mount with permissions you want; the new directory has different permissions to where you mounted it previously)– guiverc
yesterday
4
4
Possible duplicate of Mount USB drive with write permissions for everyone or specific user
– guiverc
yesterday
Possible duplicate of Mount USB drive with write permissions for everyone or specific user
– guiverc
yesterday
@guiverc Indeed your suggestion seems fitting but it didn't work for me. please see the edit for details
– ciskoh
yesterday
@guiverc Indeed your suggestion seems fitting but it didn't work for me. please see the edit for details
– ciskoh
yesterday
should be
sudo mount /dev/sda1 /media/$USER/Ext1TB -o umask=000– tatsu
yesterday
should be
sudo mount /dev/sda1 /media/$USER/Ext1TB -o umask=000– tatsu
yesterday
Thanks @tatsu that worked
– ciskoh
yesterday
Thanks @tatsu that worked
– ciskoh
yesterday
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To mount your drive you must use the argument -o umask=000 this will mount the whole drive as write. since it is a FAT32 formatted drive this is how user rights work on it : they are set at mount so :
sudo mount /dev/sda1 /media/$USER/Ext1TB -o umask=000
will solve your issue.
answered yesterday
tatsutatsu
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the solution proposed works. Could you tell me how to make it permanent?
– ciskoh
yesterday
you could use DISKS, it's an installed app on your system. simply open it up, navigate to the partition you want to mount, turn off automounting (the default it no mount for a usb drive) and set the mount point and mount arguments like above or anything else that suits your needs
– tatsu
yesterday
@ciskoh if this worked for you you need to mark my answer as the correct answer.
– tatsu
20 hours ago
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To mount your drive you must use the argument -o umask=000 this will mount the whole drive as write. since it is a FAT32 formatted drive this is how user rights work on it : they are set at mount so :
sudo mount /dev/sda1 /media/$USER/Ext1TB -o umask=000
will solve your issue.
answered yesterday
tatsutatsu
605737
the solution proposed works. Could you tell me how to make it permanent?
– ciskoh
yesterday
you could use DISKS, it's an installed app on your system. simply open it up, navigate to the partition you want to mount, turn off automounting (the default it no mount for a usb drive) and set the mount point and mount arguments like above or anything else that suits your needs
– tatsu
yesterday
@ciskoh if this worked for you you need to mark my answer as the correct answer.
– tatsu
20 hours ago
add a comment |
To mount your drive you must use the argument -o umask=000 this will mount the whole drive as write. since it is a FAT32 formatted drive this is how user rights work on it : they are set at mount so :
sudo mount /dev/sda1 /media/$USER/Ext1TB -o umask=000
will solve your issue.
answered yesterday
tatsutatsu
605737
the solution proposed works. Could you tell me how to make it permanent?
– ciskoh
yesterday
you could use DISKS, it's an installed app on your system. simply open it up, navigate to the partition you want to mount, turn off automounting (the default it no mount for a usb drive) and set the mount point and mount arguments like above or anything else that suits your needs
– tatsu
yesterday
@ciskoh if this worked for you you need to mark my answer as the correct answer.
– tatsu
20 hours ago
add a comment |
To mount your drive you must use the argument -o umask=000 this will mount the whole drive as write. since it is a FAT32 formatted drive this is how user rights work on it : they are set at mount so :
sudo mount /dev/sda1 /media/$USER/Ext1TB -o umask=000
will solve your issue.
answered yesterday
tatsutatsu
605737
To mount your drive you must use the argument -o umask=000 this will mount the whole drive as write. since it is a FAT32 formatted drive this is how user rights work on it : they are set at mount so :
sudo mount /dev/sda1 /media/$USER/Ext1TB -o umask=000
will solve your issue.
answered yesterday
tatsutatsu
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answered yesterday
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the solution proposed works. Could you tell me how to make it permanent?
– ciskoh
yesterday
you could use DISKS, it's an installed app on your system. simply open it up, navigate to the partition you want to mount, turn off automounting (the default it no mount for a usb drive) and set the mount point and mount arguments like above or anything else that suits your needs
– tatsu
yesterday
@ciskoh if this worked for you you need to mark my answer as the correct answer.
– tatsu
20 hours ago
add a comment |
the solution proposed works. Could you tell me how to make it permanent?
– ciskoh
yesterday
you could use DISKS, it's an installed app on your system. simply open it up, navigate to the partition you want to mount, turn off automounting (the default it no mount for a usb drive) and set the mount point and mount arguments like above or anything else that suits your needs
– tatsu
yesterday
@ciskoh if this worked for you you need to mark my answer as the correct answer.
– tatsu
20 hours ago
the solution proposed works. Could you tell me how to make it permanent?
– ciskoh
yesterday
the solution proposed works. Could you tell me how to make it permanent?
– ciskoh
yesterday
you could use DISKS, it's an installed app on your system. simply open it up, navigate to the partition you want to mount, turn off automounting (the default it no mount for a usb drive) and set the mount point and mount arguments like above or anything else that suits your needs
– tatsu
yesterday
you could use DISKS, it's an installed app on your system. simply open it up, navigate to the partition you want to mount, turn off automounting (the default it no mount for a usb drive) and set the mount point and mount arguments like above or anything else that suits your needs
– tatsu
yesterday
@ciskoh if this worked for you you need to mark my answer as the correct answer.
– tatsu
20 hours ago
@ciskoh if this worked for you you need to mark my answer as the correct answer.
– tatsu
20 hours ago
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FAT32 partitions don't include space to store posix/unix/linux file permission bits (+r +w +x etc) as it has different bits (/hid /sys /ro /arc) so the
chmodcannot work. Your 'fix' is to mount (ie. mount with permissions you want; the new directory has different permissions to where you mounted it previously)– guiverc
yesterday
4
Possible duplicate of Mount USB drive with write permissions for everyone or specific user
– guiverc
yesterday
@guiverc Indeed your suggestion seems fitting but it didn't work for me. please see the edit for details
– ciskoh
yesterday
should be
sudo mount /dev/sda1 /media/$USER/Ext1TB -o umask=000– tatsu
yesterday
Thanks @tatsu that worked
– ciskoh
yesterday