> > > >---- Original Message ---- >From: computing.acco...@googlemail.com >To: debian-user@lists.debian.org >Subject: RE: Permissions on USB drive unchangeable >Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:28:55 +0000 > >>I have a large external USB hard drive on which I store back ups and > >>media files. When last I went to write something to this drive it >>worked fine. Now the permissions have been changed so that I only >have >>access to the drive but am unable to write to it. Therefore, I >cannot >>do back ups nor can I create new directories, etc. >> >>I have tried the usual approach to these kinds of issues, i.e. sudo >>chmod -R 0755 /path/to/drive but this has absolutely no effect. I >am >>identified as the owner of the drive and as part of the group, but I > >>cannot change the permissions of this either as root directly nor >using >>sudo. >> >>Any thoughts on how I can fix this? >> >>Thanks >> >>AG >> Perhaps trite but most such drives have a hardware write-protect switch on the drive. Perhaps it accidently got moved. Larry >> >>-- >>To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org >>with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org >> >>
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