[all variants] [SOLVED] Changing permissions on external drive

[baudday]

So I connected one of those MyBook external hard drives (1 TB!) to my server. I would like for users to be able to upload and download files to and from it. The problem is I don't know how to do that. Even if I try gksudo dolphin and then try to change the permissions, when I click OK then go back to the permissions tab, they're just reverted again. I also can't create a folder within and change it's permissions, same thing happens. Does anyone know how I can achieve what I'm trying? I would really appreciate it.

Thanks

[erwall]

Originally Posted by baudday So I connected one of those MyBook external hard drives (1 TB!) to my server. I would like for users to be able to upload and download files to and from it. The problem is I don't know how to do that. Even if I try gksudo dolphin and then try to change the permissions, when I click OK then go back to the permissions tab, they're just reverted again. I also can't create a folder within and change it's permissions, same thing happens. Does anyone know how I can achieve what I'm trying? I would really appreciate it. Thanks

Figure out where it's mounted open a terminal

cd /media
sudo chown -R someuser.someuser mountpoint

[baudday]

Thank you for the reply.

This is what I got back:

chown: changing ownership of '/media/disk': Operation not permitted

[47_MasoN_47]

I usually do

sudo chmod 777 -R /media/disk

I'm sure that's not the most secure way to do it, but I don't want permissions being screwy between all the different PCs that I use so it works best for me.

[baudday]

That doesn't give an error or anything, so I assume that means it worked. But when I view the permissions I still get only the user able to read and write and everyone else can only view

[47_MasoN_47]

Something I should have asked first, is the drive formatted in EXT3?

[baudday]

no it's FAT32

[47_MasoN_47]

Ah there's your problem. FAT32 doesn't do permissions. Format it (preferably to EXT3) and try it again. Should work like a charm.

[baudday]

sorry, this could be stupid, but when i open gparted and go to that drive, it won't allow me to format it. is there something i need to do first.

[47_MasoN_47]

First you have to unmount it, then format it. Then unplug the drive and plug it back in is the easiest way. It should come up 1TB media on the desktop and then you should be able to chmod or chown it.