On Sat, 28 Mar 2009 00:52:58 +0530 Divick Kishore <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, > I have an external hard disk connected through usb, which though I am > able to mount, but I am unable to access the drive without superuser > privileges. Running mount command shows the following: > > /dev/sda1 on /mnt/maxtor type ntfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,user=divkis01) > > But when I try to access I see the following: > > $: ls /mnt/maxtor/ > ls: cannot open directory /mnt/maxtor/: Permission denied What does 'ls -l /mnt/maxtor' show? > I tried changing the owner but I see the following: > > $:sudo chown divkis01 /mnt/maxtor/ > chown: changing ownership of `/mnt/maxtor/': Read-only file system Well, it's apparently mounted read-only. What does 'mount | grep maxtor' show? What is the exact command you're using to mount the disk? Celejar -- mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
