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NonoTCC

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Registered: 2021-11-21

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[SOLVED] Can't see and write to internal device as a user.

Hello there!
I'm pretty new to Linux, but have decided to jump into Arch as my first distro. I've got Arch running with KDE as my Desktop Environment, and everything is working smoothly, except for one thing: I have a separate HDD plugged in via SATA that I've been trying to mount and store raw video files on. For the life of me, I haven't been able to access it as my user that I've signed in as. I've tried turning its Chmod value to 777 and a=w, I've tried setfacl to give my user perms to write, see, and execute on the drive, but to no avail. Would someone be able to help me?

A disclaimer: I am really sorry if this is super obvious, or if I haven't supplied enough information to give whoever reads this a chance of solving the issue. If there is something that you need me to post to help you out, I would be happy to do so.

Thanks so much!

Last edited by NonoTCC (2021-11-22 02:13:26)

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V1del

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Re: [SOLVED] Can't see and write to internal device as a user.

Which filesystem? If it's  FAT or NTFS the permissions are defined at mount time and you need to pass relevant gid/uid parameters on mount.

NonoTCC

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Registered: 2021-11-21

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Re: [SOLVED] Can't see and write to internal device as a user.

Which filesystem? If it's  FAT or NTFS the permissions are defined at mount time and you need to pass relevant gid/uid parameters on mount.

The disk is using ext4 as it's filesystem. I formatted it as this not too long ago, but I can change it if need be.

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NonoTCC

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Registered: 2021-11-21

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Re: [SOLVED] Can't see and write to internal device as a user.

Hey, just figured it out. Turns out I mounted the drive incorrectly in fstab. So sorry for wasting your time, but thank you for your assistance nonetheless!

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jonno2002

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Registered: 2016-11-21

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Re: [SOLVED] Can't see and write to internal device as a user.

how are you mounting the drive ? what is the output of the "mount" command ?

[edit] too late i see...

Last edited by jonno2002 (2021-11-22 02:11:12)

NonoTCC

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Registered: 2021-11-21

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Re: [SOLVED] Can't see and write to internal device as a user.

how are you mounting the drive ? what is the output of the "mount" command ?

[edit] too late i see...

Yes, but still! Thank you so much!

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