Not the owner of my second hard drive

[Evil Ninja]

I'm having a problem (hopefully my last one) with my second hard drive. It says I am not the owner is the hard drive, so I can't do anything with it. I can't make folders, put files in it, etc. Any help how how to change it so I can "own" the drive again?

[Idefix82]

What is the name of the drive? What is the output if you open the terminal and type in

ls /media

To change ownership you use the chown command, but if you answer the above questions I can tell you the exact command.

[Evil Ninja]

What is the name of the drive? What is the output if you open the terminal and type in

ls /media

To change ownership you use the chown command, but if you answer the above questions I can tell you the exact command.


marcastorck@marcslaptop:~$ ls /media
cdrom cdrom0 mynewdrive


Hm. The drive I need to own is "mynewdrive", but I don't know why it's showing two cdrom's.

[Idefix82]

To change ownership do

sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /media/mynewdrive

I hope it's just data and no linux software on this drive? Otherwise the software might stop working if you change its ownership.

[logos34]

marcastorck@marcslaptop:~$ ls /media
cdrom cdrom0 mynewdrive


Hm. The drive I need to own is "mynewdrive", but I don't know why it's showing two cdrom's.

cdrom might just be a link


ls -l /media

try

sudo chown -R username /media/mynewdrive

where username = yours

[Evil Ninja]

To change ownership do

sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /media/mynewdrive

I hope it's just data and no linux software on this drive? Otherwise the software might stop working if you change its ownership.

Nope. Just an empty drive.


cdrom might just be a link



try

sudo chown -R username /media/mynewdrive

where username = yours


It didn't seem to work, unless I need to restart the computer.

[taurus]

What filesystem is your second harddrive?

Post


sudo fdisk -l
cat /etc/fstab
df -h

[Evil Ninja]

What filesystem is your second harddrive?

Post


sudo fdisk -l
cat /etc/fstab
df -h


marcastorck@marcslaptop:~$ sudo fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x45ff45fe

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 18728 150432628+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 18729 19457 5855692+ 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 18729 19457 5855661 82 Linux swap / Solaris
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Disk /dev/sdb: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xce8d5882

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 1 19457 156288321 83 Linux
marcastorck@marcslaptop:~$ cat /etc/fstab
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# /dev/sda1
UUID=a1619353-edf1-4902-9b5a-01e4ad54925e / ext3 relatime,errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /dev/sda5
UUID=b14ee239-4488-4d59-95c9-9660337f26dd none swap sw 0 0
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
/dev/sdb1 /media/mynewdrive ext3 defaults 0 2
marcastorck@marcslaptop:~$ df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda1 142G 3.3G 131G 3% /
tmpfs 1.5G 0 1.5G 0% /lib/init/rw
varrun 1.5G 212K 1.5G 1% /var/run
varlock 1.5G 0 1.5G 0% /var/lock
udev 1.5G 2.8M 1.5G 1% /dev
tmpfs 1.5G 884K 1.5G 1% /dev/shm
lrm 1.5G 2.4M 1.5G 1% /lib/modules/2.6.27-9-generic/volatile
/dev/sdb1 147G 188M 140G 1% /media/mynewdrive

[taurus]

Try


sudo chown -R marcastorck:marcastorck /media/mynewdrive
ls -la /media
You should now be the proud owner of /media/mynewdrive so you can write to it anytime you want.

[Evil Ninja]

Try


sudo chown -R marcastorck:marcastorck /media/mynewdrive
ls -la /media
You should now be the proud owner of /media/mynewdrive so you can write to it anytime you want.

Indeed I am. Thanks a lot. :)

[thexaspect]

Hi there, I'm having the exact same problem as the original poster, but the solutions that worked for him are not working for me. And one other, I completely reinstalled Hardy in the hopes that picking up the new drive from the beginning would work out better, and it didnt. For whatever reason, chown and chmod have not worked. I'll let the code speak:


x@serverbox:~$ sudo chown -R x:x /media/space
chown: changing ownership of `/media/space': Operation not permitted
x@serverbox:~$ sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /media/space
chown: changing ownership of `/media/space': Operation not permitted
x@serverbox:~$ sudo chown -R x /media/space
chown: changing ownership of `/media/space': Operation not permitted
x@serverbox:~$ sudo chown -R x /media/space
chown: changing ownership of `/media/space': Operation not permitted
x@serverbox:~$
x@serverbox:~$ ls -la /media
total 32
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 2008-07-02 06:16 .
drwxr-xr-x 21 root root 4096 2008-12-29 01:49 ..
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 2008-12-29 01:39 cdrom -> cdrom0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-12-29 01:39 cdrom0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 2008-12-29 01:39 floppy -> floppy0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-12-29 01:39 floppy0
drwxrwx--- 2 root plugdev 16384 1969-12-31 19:00 space
x@serverbox:~$


and also my fdisk and fstab:

x@serverbox:~$ sudo fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000874f8

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 60044 482303398+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 60045 60801 6080602+ 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 60045 60801 6080571 82 Linux swap / Solaris

Disk /dev/sdb: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00081ee8

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 1 121601 976760001 b W95 FAT32
x@serverbox:~$ cat /etc/fstab
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# /dev/sda1
UUID=087f9062-e632-4ba0-ae0f-23a6c0e0432d / ext2 relatime,errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /dev/sdb1
UUID=4958-25ED /media/space vfat utf8,umask=007,gid=46 0 1
# /dev/sda5
UUID=d1b5ada6-f3bd-407a-b932-a6d11dc6bab7 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
x@serverbox:~$ df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda1 453G 2.0G 428G 1% /
varrun 1014M 104K 1014M 1% /var/run
varlock 1014M 0 1014M 0% /var/lock
udev 1014M 52K 1014M 1% /dev
devshm 1014M 48K 1014M 1% /dev/shm
lrm 1014M 38M 976M 4% /lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/volatile
/dev/sdb1 932G 16K 932G 1% /media/space
gvfs-fuse-daemon 453G 2.0G 428G 1% /home/x/.gvfs
x@serverbox:~$


Any help would be GREATLY appreciated because otherwise I've got this shiny new 1TB paperweight sitting on my desk....

[taurus]

Hi there, I'm having the exact same problem as the original poster, but the solutions that worked for him are not working for me. And one other, I completely reinstalled Hardy in the hopes that picking up the new drive from the beginning would work out better, and it didnt. For whatever reason, chown and chmod have not worked. I'll let the code speak:


x@serverbox:~$ sudo chown -R x:x /media/space
chown: changing ownership of `/media/space': Operation not permitted
x@serverbox:~$ sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /media/space
chown: changing ownership of `/media/space': Operation not permitted
x@serverbox:~$ sudo chown -R x /media/space
chown: changing ownership of `/media/space': Operation not permitted
x@serverbox:~$ sudo chown -R x /media/space
chown: changing ownership of `/media/space': Operation not permitted
x@serverbox:~$
x@serverbox:~$ ls -la /media
total 32
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 2008-07-02 06:16 .
drwxr-xr-x 21 root root 4096 2008-12-29 01:49 ..
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 2008-12-29 01:39 cdrom -> cdrom0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-12-29 01:39 cdrom0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 2008-12-29 01:39 floppy -> floppy0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-12-29 01:39 floppy0
drwxrwx--- 2 root plugdev 16384 1969-12-31 19:00 space
x@serverbox:~$


and also my fdisk and fstab:

x@serverbox:~$ sudo fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000874f8

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 60044 482303398+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 60045 60801 6080602+ 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 60045 60801 6080571 82 Linux swap / Solaris

Disk /dev/sdb: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00081ee8

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 1 121601 976760001 b W95 FAT32
x@serverbox:~$ cat /etc/fstab
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# /dev/sda1
UUID=087f9062-e632-4ba0-ae0f-23a6c0e0432d / ext2 relatime,errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /dev/sdb1
UUID=4958-25ED /media/space vfat utf8,umask=007,gid=46 0 1
# /dev/sda5
UUID=d1b5ada6-f3bd-407a-b932-a6d11dc6bab7 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
x@serverbox:~$ df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda1 453G 2.0G 428G 1% /
varrun 1014M 104K 1014M 1% /var/run
varlock 1014M 0 1014M 0% /var/lock
udev 1014M 52K 1014M 1% /dev
devshm 1014M 48K 1014M 1% /dev/shm
lrm 1014M 38M 976M 4% /lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/volatile
/dev/sdb1 932G 16K 932G 1% /media/space
gvfs-fuse-daemon 453G 2.0G 428G 1% /home/x/.gvfs
x@serverbox:~$


Any help would be GREATLY appreciated because otherwise I've got this shiny new 1TB paperweight sitting on my desk....

The reason chmod & chown don't work for you because you are using fat32/vfat filesystem while the OP uses ext3.

So, do you want to leave that new harddrive as fat32/vfat or do you want to reformat it to ext3 filesystem?

[thexaspect]

Nope, I can reformat no problem, didn't even realize that would be an issue, I'll let you know how it works out =D

[thexaspect]

you, sir, are a genius