Mounting 2nd HDD - no write access

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Hi all,

I want to mount a 2nd HDD and use it for storing larger files etc. This is the entry in fstab;

UUID=long_and_useful_code /myname/media ext4 data=ordered 0 0

The /myname/media folder does exist.

The disk is mounted, in the right spot, but I do not have write access. Root can read and write, so it seems to be functioning fine. I assume I’m missing something obvious, but I’ve searched and cannot see what I’ve got wrong.

thanks…

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The disk is using “ext4”.

When you format it, everything is owned by root.

Try, as root:


cd /myname/media
chown myname .

Assuming that “myname” is your login name, then after that change you should own the root directory of that disk, and be able to write to it.

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Bingo, thanks, working now. I figured it was a permissions thing, but I did not know how to rectify…

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I’m glad you now have it working.

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From my fstab:

**erlangen:~ #** grep user /etc/fstab  
UUID=eb810e71-23ef-4d26-a1ff-7216e4173888  /HDD                    xfs    **user**,noauto                   0  0 
UUID=6914-84F3                             /GARMIN                 vfat   **user**,noauto                   0  0 
UUID=0267-906F                             /GARMIN-KART            vfat   **user**,noauto                   0  0 
LABEL=FR735                                /FR735                  vfat   **user**,noauto                   0  0 
**erlangen:~ #**

Specifying the mount point in fstab is easy and works great for both built in and removable drives.