[Please don't reply to me personally, as per the list's code of > conduct.]
Oh Sorry about that...I just hit the replyall button in my email client. > > > > Hi, > > > > I have an external hard disk connected through usb, which though > I am > > > > able to mount, but I am unable to access the drive without superuser > > > > privileges. Running mount command shows the following: > > > > > > > > /dev/sda1 on /mnt/maxtor type ntfs > (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,user=divkis01) > > > > > > > > But when I try to access I see the following: > > > > > > > > $: ls /mnt/maxtor/ > > > > ls: cannot open directory /mnt/maxtor/: Permission denied > > > > > > What does 'ls -l /mnt/maxtor' show? > > > > > > It also shows: > > > > ls: cannot open directory /mnt/maxtor/: Permission denied > > 'sudo ls -l /mnt/maxtor' ? > with sudo permissions ofcourse I can access the list of directories i.e. it does show the directories in there. > > > > > > I tried changing the owner but I see the following: > > > > > > > > $:sudo chown divkis01 /mnt/maxtor/ > > > > chown: changing ownership of `/mnt/maxtor/': Read-only file system > > > > > > Well, it's apparently mounted read-only. What does 'mount | grep > > > maxtor' show? What is the exact command you're using to mount the > disk? > > > > > > $: mount | grep maxtor > > /dev/sda1 on /mnt/maxtor type ntfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,user=divkis01) > > Ah, so it's NTFS. I'm not quite sure of the current state of linux NTFS > support, but according to this page, kernel support is RO, and you need > a separate utility for writing: > > http://www.linux-ntfs.org/doku.php > > > I had posted that earlier as well. MY fstab looks something like this: > > > > /dev/sda1 /mnt/maxtor ntfs rw,user,noauto 0 0 > > > > and then I just do mount /mnt/maxtor > But I don´t want to write to that disk, only read. I tried changing the entry in my fstab to ´ro´ but it is of no use. I still see the same permission issue. Not sure why is this happening. Anyways thanks for your reply, -D
