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hayderctee

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From: Iraq

Registered: 2014-01-25

Posts: 33

[solved] external HDD have a Read-only file system

hi
when connecting  my external HDD i get the lock logo on my folders , so i trying to change the permissions , that what i got

chmod 777 *
chmod: changing permissions of '$RECYCLE.BIN': Read-only file system
chmod: changing permissions of 'Documents': Read-only file system
chmod: changing permissions of 'Files_downloaded_by_AirDroid.zip': Read-only file system
chmod: changing permissions of 'System Volume Information': Read-only file system
chmod: changing permissions of 'andriod': Read-only file system
chmod: changing permissions of 'aptoncd-20131223-DVD1.iso': Read-only file system
chmod: changing permissions of 'aptoncd-20131227-DVD1.iso': Read-only file system
chmod: changing permissions of 'iso': Read-only file system
chmod: changing permissions of 'linux': Read-only file system
chmod: changing permissions of 'mac': Read-only file system
chmod: changing permissions of 'random': Read-only file system
chmod: changing permissions of 'rwp.ico': Read-only file system
chmod: changing permissions of 'sound': Read-only file system
chmod: changing permissions of 'themes': Read-only file system
chmod: changing permissions of 'videos': Read-only file system
chmod: changing permissions of '\330\247\331\204\330\250\330\255\330\253.doc': Read-only file system
chmod: changing permissions of '\330\250\330\261\330\247\331\205\330\254 \331\210\331\206\330\257\331\210\330\262': Read-only file system
chmod: changing permissions of '\330\265\331\210\330\261': Read-only file system
chmod: changing permissions of '\330\271\330\261\330\266 \330\252\331\202\330\257\331\212\331\205\331\212.ppsx': Read-only file system
chmod: changing permissions of '\330\271\330\261\330\266 \330\252\331\202\330\257\331\212\331\205\331\2121.pptx': Read-only file system
chmod: changing permissions of '\331\205\331\201\331\207\331\210\331\205 \330\247\331\204\330\243\330\253\330\261 \331\204\330\272\330\251 \331\210 \330\247\330\265\330\267\331\204\330\247\330\255\330\247\331\213.docx': Read-only file system

how to change the permissions and make it rwx?

Last edited by hayderctee (2014-04-08 12:01:57)

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Algernop

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Registered: 2014-01-17

Posts: 30

Re: [solved] external HDD have a Read-only file system

Is you external HDD by any chance NTFS? If so, can you write into it if you mount it using 

mount -t ntfs-3g /dev /mount

or explicitly

ntfs-3g /dev /mount

. I'm assuming ntfs-3g is installed correctly in this scenario.

Last edited by Algernop (2014-04-08 11:35:15)

clfarron4

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From: London, UK

Registered: 2013-06-28

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Re: [solved] external HDD have a Read-only file system

That's either a FAT or NTFS system, so chmod isn't going to work (Windows does not respect Linux file permissions!).

So, either ntfs-3g or mtools needs to be installed.

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hayderctee

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From: Iraq

Registered: 2014-01-25

Posts: 33

Re: [solved] external HDD have a Read-only file system

Is you external HDD by any chance NTFS? If so, can you write into it if you mount it using

mount -t ntfs-3g /dev /mount

or explicitly

ntfs-3g /dev /mount

. I'm assuming ntfs-3g is installed correctly in this scenario.

thank you for your hint , i fixed the problem by running this

# ntfsfix /dev/sdXY

'solved'

Last edited by hayderctee (2014-04-08 12:00:15)

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