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change owner permissions traveldrivd

Asked by deweyjones

I have external usb traveldrives formated ntfs that system says owner is 'root'. i cannot login as root and cannot change owner or permissions. I need to create folders and write to drive. how do I do this??

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LiveJazz (livejazz70) said : 		#1

Are you familiar with changing permissions using the terminal window? Typing "sudo" at the first of a command line will give you administrator rights to make changes. Be careful with this command. I think I can guide you through the steps you need if the terminal window is uncharted territory for you.

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tamara liscaljet (n-liscaljet) said : 		#2

go to the directory (i suppose its media) where the drives are:

and simply type chmod "permissioncode" drivename
after this, the permissions should be changed.

looks like this :
tammetje@tammetje-laptop:/media$ chmod 777 disk

with code 777 you should be able to read write and execute as user

greetz tamara

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