<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/3.26.0"> </HEAD> <BODY> ok i added the following lines to /etc/fstab and seems to work now /dev/sda1 /media/Cdrive ntfs-3g ro,auto,user,fmask=0111,dmask=0000 0 0 /dev/sda2 /media/Ddrive ntfs-3g ro,auto,user,fmask=0111,dmask=0000 0 0 UUID=886C-4796 /media/Pendrive vfat user,auto,fmask=0111,dmask=0000 0 0 by the way i don't know why /media/Pendrive directory is not accessible by other users. any idea? also @ Roger can you please tell me how to give specific user/groups access? thank you very much On Wed, 2009-11-18 at 16:02 -0500, Roger wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <PRE> On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 3:58 PM, bqz69 <<A HREF="mailto:bqz69@telia.com">bqz69@telia.com</A>> wrote: >> > Edit the /etc/sudoers file, and add to the end: >> > username ALL=(ALL) ALL >> > One line for each user. >> > Then save the file. >> > See man sudoers > >> Probably not a good idea. > > Please tell us why, I would like to know :-) > > > -- > ubuntu-users mailing list > <A HREF="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</A> > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <A HREF="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</A> > Because that would give each user the ability to "sudo whatever" and that and giving them root access is the same. Unless I have overlooked something. Just mount the drive with a specific group id and add the users to that group and they should have access to the drives. -r </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> </BODY> </HTML>