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Thank you for your prompt response.
Ian Rawlings <news06@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 2008-07-30, zed <zed@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > There is only one user - zed.
>
> .. and root, plus a few others, but I take it that the only user that
> needs to access the drive is "zed".
I must learn to be more precise. You are correct in the assumption that the
user requring access is zed.
> > zed-desktop disk # chown /media/disk/zed
>
> If that's the right path to the disc directory then try;
>
> chown -R zed /media/disk/zed/.
That command, with the deletion of /zed/ at the end did the trick.
> Do the following though so we know what filesystem is on it as this
> changes things, as someone else has said, if it's a vfat filesystem or
> other old ms-dos style filesystem, it can't handle file ownership.
> mount | grep zed
> Post the results.
zed@zed-desktop ~ $ mount | grep zed
gvfs-fuse-daemon on /home/zed/.gvfs type fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon
(rw,nosuid,nodev,user=zed)
> Also, try leaving the disc disconnected until you are logged in to the
> desktop, then plug it in and see if it mounts it correctly and lets you
> write to it. I'm assuming it's USB or firewire.
Again, I apologise for my impreciseness. The drive is an IDE in the
computer.
Regards
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zed
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