Don't have permissions to access usb hardrive

efossvold · 2006-11-05 22:37:22

When I plug in my external hardrive under KDE and try to create a folder on the hardrive I get permission denied. What do I have to do to be able to write to the hardrive. I still wana be able to hotplug it, don't wana add an entry in fstab.

elasticdog · 2006-11-05 23:02:01

IIRC, you have to add yourself to the <code>disk</code> group:

# gpasswd -a username disk

efossvold · 2006-11-05 23:44:31

Thanks man, that did it!

jebb · 2006-11-05 23:45:42

Isn't it rather the storage goup?

efossvold · 2006-11-06 01:00:33

Nope, I was already a member of the storage group. It worked when I added myself to the disk group. I think the storage group is for hotplugging devices (usb-stick and so on).

Snowman · 2006-11-06 01:59:16

Regular users shouldn't be in the disk group. It's a security risk.

I don't know how to solve your permission issue. Maybe a custom udev rules will fix it.

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Don't have permissions to access usb hardrive

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