Permission

[Nils Kassube]

Allen Meyers wrote:
> I created an additional partition on my USB storage. They are both
> mounted and I see the icons for both. I attempted to drag and drop
> and to save. Error msg says I do not have permission. 

What file system did you use (ext2/3, FAT, NTFS)? I'm not sure what 
could be wrong if it is FAT or NTFS. But if it is ext2/3 the partition 
is owned by root. You could make a directory on the partition as root 
and change ownership of the directory to yourself with commands like 
these in a terminal:

sudo mkdir /media/New_Partition_On_USB_Disk/$USER
sudo chown $USER: /media/New_Partition_On_USB_Disk/$USER

Of course you would change the path according to the mount point of the 
new partition.

> So I thought I
> would wait until tomorrow and I tried to shut down. Error msg system
> policy prevents stopping system when other users are logged in.

I don't think it is related to the disk permissions. Did you perhaps 
login on a text console or with a second graphical session?


Nils