Inexperienced with shell, however, trying to learn how to use terminal to fix mount problem.

[Derek Broughton]

Steven Vollom wrote:

>> sudo mkdir /media/sdb5/$USER
>> sudo chown $USER /media/sdb5/$USER
>>   
> Where it says USER, do I type in steven

It doesn't say "USER", it's "$USER" - and $USER is an environment 
variable that is always set to _your_ username (or more correctly, USER 
is the variable, and the $ _tells_ the shell it's a variable).  So it 
makes it possible for us to give a command that will work for _you_ but 
also for anybody else who has the same problem as you.

and btw, as Michael said, you only feel stupid because you're doing 
things most newbies won't try.  You're also not afraid to ask questions 
that most people think would make them look stupid.  So think of it as 
just asking question for all those other users who want to know, but are 
too timid to ask :-)

-- 
derek