External drive with ubuntu

Ian Bruntlett ian.bruntlett at gmail.com
Thu Feb 3 21:12:41 UTC 2022


Hi,

On Thu, 3 Feb 2022 at 21:06, M.R.P. zensky via ubuntu-users <
ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:

> Hello I have an external usb drive connected to ubuntu mate and cannot
> create folders within the external drive.
>

It could be related to file/folder permissions. What is the path to your
external USB drive? If Mate is similar to Ubuntu Linux, try this command
(when the drive is connected) and posting its results to this mailing list:-
ls -lhrt /media/$USER

HTH,


Ian

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