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Cannot open partitions as another user

Asked by passionguy

I have created a user for oracle installation thru terminal. When i try to access windows partitions, it states that i did not have the necessary permissions. I tried to change the permission of the partitions thru terminal but it says

"chmod: changing permissions of `hda5': Operation not permitted"

I also have a need to view other users folder. How would i have go about this.

Thnaks in advance.

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Alexandros (alexandros-t) said : 		#1

Hi,

Is ntfs-3g installed on your system? If not, open a terminal and type: sudo apt-get install ntfs-3g.

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passionguy (fayazahmedj) said : 		#2

I went by ur suggestion but it says already newer version installed.

I tried the command like this on terminal: chmod 757 hda5. I havnt used this b4. Is this correct??

Plz provide me links to access folder of other users assuming me as the root user.

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Alexandros (alexandros-t) said : 		#3

Open a terminal and type sudo fdisk -l
and copy-paste the results

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passionguy (fayazahmedj) said : 		#4

Heres the result:

Disk /dev/hda: 40.0 GB, 40060403712 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4870 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xfd97fd97

   Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 1275 10241406 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/hda2 1276 2550 10241437+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/hda3 2551 4678 17093160 83 Linux
/dev/hda4 4679 4870 1542240 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/hda5 1276 2550 10241406 b W95 FAT32

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amit (amit-ramjas) said : 		#5

could you cut paste output of

cat /etc/fstab

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passionguy (fayazahmedj) said : 		#6

I graphically resolved this issue by going to the Users & Groups menu & assigned the privilege "Allow use of fuse file systems like thin LTSP client blockdevice" to the concerned user.

Heres the output before modifying the privilige graphically:

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# /dev/hda3
UUID=7fbd89d2-65c6-49be-8c8c-f37722a03a46 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /dev/hda1
UUID=B0C4-3617 /media/hda1 vfat defaults,umask=007,gid=46 0 1
# /dev/hda5
UUID=D023-A2E9 /media/hda5 vfat defaults,umask=007,gid=46 0 1
# /dev/hda4
UUID=7d06075a-bfa2-49db-b7a1-a4ffcd020e13 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/hdc /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto,exec 0 0

Plz provide me links to access folder of other users assuming me as the root user.

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Best amit (amit-ramjas) said : 		#7

to accessing folders as root you can use ---- gksu nautilus
after using command you are free to wreak havoc on your system

just kidding......................... happy new year.........

also you can install nautilus-gksu which bring this option in right click menu of nautilus

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passionguy (fayazahmedj) said : 		#8

Thanks amit, that solved my question.