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Kretip

Member

Registered: 2024-03-12

Posts: 1

cannot use ext4 HDD

Context:
Arch with i3
Modern computer with 2 disks connected to it
nvme0n1 with linux
sdb with blank ext4 partition

Have edited .xinitrc file to open udiskie on boot. Hdd is mounted at /mnt/sdb and when i try to create a new folder or file the option is greyed out

Every gui file manager i use does not let me interact with hdd. All of them list a Local Disk under Devices and when i click on it i get authorisation errors.
File managers used:
Thunar
Dolphin
Pcmanfm-qt

thanks for your time

V1del

Forum Moderator

Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 25,230

Re: cannot use ext4 HDD

On an ext4 file system the file system permissions are stored on the file system.

Hence chown the mounted path to your user.

sudo chown -R $USER:$YOURUSERGRP /mnt/sdb

replace the tokens with what's relevantly relevant for you.

Read: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/File_p … attributes