Adding a hard disk

[NoOp]

Kipton Moravec wrote:
> I thought I was in great shape until I rebooted.
> 
> I changed the owner of /home/backup to kip and the group to nogroup.
> I changed the file permissions to drwxrwxr-x
> 
> Then I copied a 24 GB directory to the /home/backup directory.
> 
> When I rebooted, the /home/backup was owned by root, the group was root,
> and the permissions were drwxr-xr-x and the file in the directory was
> "lost+found"
> 
> Now what do I do? I want it to be shared so I can send data to it from
> other computers. But It will not work if it changes ownership, group,
> and permissions.
> 
> Kip
> 

Follow the directions in:
How to browse files/folders as root user in Nautilus
http://easylinux.info/wiki/Ubuntu_dapper#How_to_browse_files.2Ffolders_as_root_user_in_Nautilus
[http://preview.tinyurl.com/2yypa9]
to allow root browsing in Nautilus.

Then, Applications|System Tools|File Browser (Root)

Browse to your new directory/files, right click on the folder,
Properties|Permissions and change the file owner & file group permission
 to the appropriate user/group.