new disk

**dimitriv** · May 28th, 2009

hi

i just added a new second hdd. i chose the default partition table MSDOS then created 2 EXT3 partitions. After reboot the new partitions are visible but I do not have permissions to create files or folders. How do i set these permissions so i own these partitions.

Thank you

**glotz** · May 28th, 2009

Change the ownership of the disks to you.

Code:

sudo chown -R username:usergroup /path/to/mounted/disk/

By default your usergroup is the same as your username.

**pmj85** · May 28th, 2009

I was about to post something about the 'root' account which I read about; I thought you'd have to log in as that and change the permissions from there.

That said I've been using Ubuntu for 2 days and know absolutely nothing about it. Good job glotz was on hand

Good luck with it!