[SOLVED] external hard drive permissions

rp181 · 2010-04-09 23:09:58

I have a seagate external hard drive (/dev/sdb1), formatted as ntfs. Whenever i try to make something in the drive, or copy something, i get a Permission Denied error. How can I give rw permissions?

I have tried searching around, but i can't find an answer that will work.

Last edited by rp181 (2010-04-10 01:59:41)

falsum · 2010-04-09 23:27:40

Have you installed the driver to allow you to write on ntfs filesystems? I use ntfs-3g (http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NTFS-3G).

Maybe you can find something that may help you out at the thread: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=94863.

herrvideman · 2010-04-09 23:53:24

What falsum said. I remember the first time I had to deal with this I was messing with fstab and pulling my hair out for hours. All I needed to do was install ntfs-3g. Didn't even have to mess with read/write permissions.

rp181 · 2010-04-10 00:10:41

Thanks, turns out i just forgot the "-3g" part in fstab

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[SOLVED] external hard drive permissions

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Re: [SOLVED] external hard drive permissions

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Re: [SOLVED] external hard drive permissions

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Re: [SOLVED] external hard drive permissions

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