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On Monday 09 March 2009 11:34:13 Mark Knecht wrote: |
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> On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 2:12 AM, Paul Stear <gentoo@××××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> > On Friday 06 March 2009 17:21:17 Nikos Chantziaras wrote: |
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> >> Paul Stear wrote: |
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> >> > On Friday 06 March 2009 16:43:47 Nikos Chantziaras wrote: |
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> >> >> If you're on KDE3, simply right-click on it's icon after you plug it |
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> >> >> it. You'll find permissions and mount options there. The important |
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> >> >> thing is to enable the option "mount as user". |
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> >> > |
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> >> > Hi, |
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> >> > When I switch the external drive on I get a screen "Medium type: |
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> >> > Unmounted Removable Medium |
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> >> > What do you want to do? |
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> >> > The 2 options are open in new window or Do nothing. |
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> >> > If I say open in new window I can see the drive but the permissions |
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> >> > are read only. |
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> >> > If I say do nothing then right click the icon on the desktop I only |
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> >> > have the following options:- |
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> >> > open |
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> >> > copy |
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> >> > open with |
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> >> > Safely remove |
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> >> > Open medium system folder |
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> >> > Properties |
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> >> |
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> >> "Properties". |
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> > |
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> > Thanks for the replies, sorry I haven't been back in touch for a few |
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> > days. If I click Properties and select the Permissions tab the User is |
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> > -me(my user name), Group is root. On the access Permissions part the |
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> > Owner is set to "Can View Contents". |
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> > If I change this to "Can View & Modify Content" and click "OK" I get an |
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> > error message "Could not change permissions for /media/lomega HDD". |
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> > I am on kde3.10. |
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> > Their must be a way of defining default permissions for anything plugged |
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> > into the usb port. |
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> > Can anyone help with this issue please. |
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> > Thanks |
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> > Paul |
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> |
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> I don't know if it's still true but for a long time the older NTFS |
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> file system stuff in the kernel came up read-only by default. Have you |
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> turned on ability to write in your kernel config? |
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> |
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> - Mark |
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Thanks Mark, |
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I have just checked the kernel and write is turned on. |
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Any other ideas? |
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Paul |
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