[Bug 26666] Re: Permissions are incorrect for partition on external usb harddisk when using ext3

[Sniffass]

all you have to do is find out the mount point for the drive in /media and do something like:
sudo chown -R root:plugdev /media/external_driver

Then all users who are members of the plugdev group can write to it.
Obviously you may also change plugdev for whatever you wish.

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Permissions are incorrect for partition on external usb harddisk when using ext3
https://launchpad.net/bugs/26666