Permission

[Allen Meyers]

On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 12:37 AM, Nils Kassube <kassube at gmx.net> wrote:
> 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
>
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Nils or list
Its next morning and I need to re-state my problem. I put PC on
suspend went to bed.
awoke and read your msg and kind of re-thought my moves and what
happened was when I went to my usual place to shut down far right on
panel I obviously did something I had no idea I could do "change user"
I am guessing here,
But when I came out of suspend back to that new desktop with only 2
partition icons, read your msg, then went up to panel again clicked on
my name and got returned to my old desktop. Dumb I know
Anyway the concern that persists is permission related. Both
partitions are mounted, original partition I have permission, new one
I do not. So it comes down to ownership I guess 2nd partition.
Do I want to do as you advised
sudo mkdir /media/New_Partition_On_USB_Disk/$USER
> sudo chown $USER: /media/New_Partition_On_USB_Disk/$USER
in light of what I discovered?
Thanks