Re: [ubuntu-uk] USB Hard Drive Group Permissions

2008-02-09 Thread Stuart Bird
Andrew Thank you for such an in depth and informative response. Changing the uid= to blank did the trick in the end. Stu - Original Message From: Andrew Oakley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: British Ubuntu Talk Sent: Friday, 8 February, 2008 11:25:18 AM Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] US

Re: [ubuntu-uk] USB Hard Drive Group Permissions

2008-02-08 Thread Andrew Oakley
Stuart Bird wrote: > The first way is to use: gksudo nautilus to access and edit files as > root. The second way is to add myself to the root group which then > allows me full control from my normal users account. > > Can anyone advise if these are viable (ie safe) long term solutions or > shou

Re: [ubuntu-uk] USB Hard Drive Group Permissions

2008-02-08 Thread Stuart Bird
[ubuntu-uk] USB Hard Drive Group Permissions Hi All I've just taken delivery of a new LaCie 80 Gb usb external hard drive.On plugging it in to my laptop (running dual win xp/gutsy) it automounted without error. I have copied some files and folders to it (both from a windows xp partitio

[ubuntu-uk] USB Hard Drive Group Permissions

2008-02-07 Thread Stuart Bird
Hi All I've just taken delivery of a new LaCie 80 Gb usb external hard drive.On plugging it in to my laptop (running dual win xp/gutsy) it automounted without error. I have copied some files and folders to it (both from a windows xp partition and the ubuntu partition) without issue but then not