ext3 partitions on external usb drives can only be written to by root
Bug #222626 reported by
Timmie
This bug affects 2 people
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Ubuntu |
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Undecided
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Bug Description
I have a external USB harddisk with the following partitions:
1) ext3 (ca. 50 GB)
2) vfat (20 GB)
When I plug this drive in I can only write to the vfat partintion as a normal user.
The ext3 partition can only be mounted read-only.
There's also been a question on Answers:
https:/
But the solution found there is merely a workaround.
Note that I have another 160GB ext3 drive which mounts without problems and gives write access.
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You have to "chmod" the disk so that it is world-writable, or simply chown the owner to your user. (as root)
This is not a bug, it is a feature.