kde and local files

[Art Alexion]

'ls -l /dev/sda?'

also check /etc/fstab to see what it is using to mount the drive.  You
may need to set fstab so that it is automounted with user permissions

man fstab
man chown

Gabriel Dragffy wrote:

>Perhaps, but how do I know, I just have the default permissions given to me by 
>the auto mount system. The hard drive is mounted as /media/sda1 or sda2. This 
>happens whether it is a hard drive or a flash drive. I even had this same 
>problem in SuSe 10 and even upgrading KDE in Breezy doesn't help. I'm not 
>sure what permissions I need since I know that I can read/write on the 
>volume.
>
>Advice on checking the permissions would be appreciated.
>
>Gabe
>
>On Thursday 02 March 2006 23:42, Art Alexion wrote:
>  
>
>>Perhaps you just have a permissions problem with /media/sda1.
>>
>>lordSauron wrote:
>>    
>>
>>>huh?  /media/sda1 is where I go for my USB media.  That should mount
>>>as a local directory, AFAIK.
>>>
>>>On 3/1/06, Gabriel Dragffy <dragffy at yandex.ru> wrote:
>>>      
>>>
>>>>why does KDE treat the files on my USB hard drive as if they aren't
>>>>local?
>>>>
>>>>Forexample I want to import bookmarks from a file on the drive in
>>>>Konqueror but I must first copy it to my /home.
>>>>
>>>>In K3B I want to burn a huge DVD image that is stored on the USB drive
>>>>but it won't let me because it says it isn't local.
>>>>
>>>>The problem with a small bookmark file is annoying, but with a massive
>>>>DVD archive I cannot fit it on to my /home, and it's inconvenient having
>>>>to copy it and then burn it.
>>>>        
>>>>
>
>  
>


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