[SOLVED] Get write permissions with udisksctl

Aton · 2015-04-21 18:01:59

I'm trying to mount a USB storage device as a normal user via

udisksctl mount --block-device /dev/sdb1

After that I can read its contents under /run/media/me/uuid/
but I am unable to write to it.

How do I gain write access (without sudo)?

Additional information:
* I'm not using a desktop environment (xmonad)
* I don't want the drive to automount

Last edited by Aton (2015-04-23 07:06:09)

lucke · 2015-04-21 18:19:57

What filesystem does it use?

Aton · 2015-04-21 18:29:57

lucke wrote:

What filesystem does it use?

ext4

karol · 2015-04-21 18:50:43

Try mounting it e.g. under /media or /mnt, not under /run/media
Post the output of 'mount -t ext4' with the drive mounted.

lucke · 2015-04-21 20:16:42

If it's ext4, then whatever permissions you give to files and directories on it should matter.

Aton · 2015-04-21 20:50:33

lucke wrote:

If it's ext4, then whatever permissions you give to files and directories on it should matter.

Thanks for the hint!
In /run/media/me/

chown me uuid

apparently solved the problem.

I left the group ownership at root, any objections to that?
It's primarily going to be used for backups.

lucke · 2015-04-21 20:52:36

I see no problem in leaving the group ownership at root.

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