On 2011-12-31, Stephen Allen wrote:
>> > Or is this a question of having it plugged in when the machine is
>> > booted?
>> >
>> It makes no difference.
>>
>
> I just have been bit by this bug after a recent update. The same
> external USB drive was working prior. Not sure which update did it tho
On Sun, Dec 25, 2011 at 07:36:13PM +, Sharon Kimble wrote:
> On 23 December 2011 15:12, Curt wrote:
> > On 2011-12-23, Curt wrote:
> >> On 2011-12-22, Walter Hurry wrote:
> >
> Very succinctly put, except the hard drive is automatically mounted by
> Gnome, thats the only mistak
On 23 December 2011 15:12, Curt wrote:
> On 2011-12-23, Curt wrote:
>> On 2011-12-22, Walter Hurry wrote:
>
Very succinctly put, except the hard drive is automatically mounted by
Gnome, thats the only mistake you made.
>>>
>>> It wouldn't be if it were in fstab.
>>>
>> It sure does
On 2011-12-23, Curt wrote:
> On 2011-12-22, Walter Hurry wrote:
>>> Very succinctly put, except the hard drive is automatically mounted by
>>> Gnome, thats the only mistake you made.
>>
>> It wouldn't be if it were in fstab.
>>
> It sure does in my case. Are you saying that the gnome automo
On 2011-12-22, Walter Hurry wrote:
>>>
>> Very succinctly put, except the hard drive is automatically mounted by
>> Gnome, thats the only mistake you made.
>
> It wouldn't be if it were in fstab.
>
It sure does in my case. Are you saying that the gnome automounting
thingy looks in /etc/fstab?
I
On Thu, 22 Dec 2011 17:28:45 +, Sharon Kimble wrote:
> On 22 December 2011 17:09, Camaleón wrote:
>> On Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:26:04 +, Sharon Kimble wrote:
>>
>>> I have an external usb hard drive that I use solely for storing
>>> backups which are done every three hours of my home folder.
On Thu, 22 Dec 2011 17:28:45 +, Sharon Kimble wrote:
> On 22 December 2011 17:09, Camaleón wrote:
>> On Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:26:04 +, Sharon Kimble wrote:
>>
>>> I have an external usb hard drive that I use solely for storing
>>> backups which are done every three hours of my home folder.
On 22 December 2011 17:09, Camaleón wrote:
> On Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:26:04 +, Sharon Kimble wrote:
>
>> I have an external usb hard drive that I use solely for storing backups
>> which are done every three hours of my home folder. It is 'owned' by
>> root, but I want to have the user boztu to h
On Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:26:04 +, Sharon Kimble wrote:
> I have an external usb hard drive that I use solely for storing backups
> which are done every three hours of my home folder. It is 'owned' by
> root, but I want to have the user boztu to have ownership of it so that
> boztu can write to i
On 22 December 2011 13:03, Scott Ferguson
wrote:
> On 22/12/11 23:34, Sharon Kimble wrote:
>> On 22 December 2011 11:11, Scott Ferguson
>> wrote:
>>> On 22/12/11 21:35, Sharon Kimble wrote:
On 22 December 2011 02:04, Scott Ferguson
wrote:
> On 22/12/11 12:39, Sharon Kimble wrote:
>
On 22/12/11 23:34, Sharon Kimble wrote:
> On 22 December 2011 11:11, Scott Ferguson
> wrote:
>> On 22/12/11 21:35, Sharon Kimble wrote:
>>> On 22 December 2011 02:04, Scott Ferguson
>>> wrote:
On 22/12/11 12:39, Sharon Kimble wrote:
> On 22 December 2011 00:59, Scott Ferguson
> wrot
On 22 December 2011 11:11, Scott Ferguson
wrote:
> On 22/12/11 21:35, Sharon Kimble wrote:
>> On 22 December 2011 02:04, Scott Ferguson
>> wrote:
>>> On 22/12/11 12:39, Sharon Kimble wrote:
On 22 December 2011 00:59, Scott Ferguson
wrote:
> On 22/12/11 11:26, Sharon Kimble wrote:
>
On 22 December 2011 10:52, Raf Czlonka wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 10:35:34AM GMT, Sharon Kimble wrote:
>> I've just tried to create a folder on the external h/d which failed.
>> This is the error report;-
>> ~~~
>> mkdir /media/8eef3b99-c17b-4913-ae61-d34c7fd
On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 11:03:29AM GMT, Ashton Fagg wrote:
> On 22/12/11 20:55, Raf Czlonka wrote:
> >On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 01:50:57AM GMT, Ashton Fagg wrote:
> >>On 22/12/11 11:39, Sharon Kimble wrote:
> >>>As the drive is owned by root should it be run as sudo?
> >>
> >>Yes, or as root (su -c '
On 22/12/11 21:35, Sharon Kimble wrote:
> On 22 December 2011 02:04, Scott Ferguson
> wrote:
>> On 22/12/11 12:39, Sharon Kimble wrote:
>>> On 22 December 2011 00:59, Scott Ferguson
>>> wrote:
On 22/12/11 11:26, Sharon Kimble wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Thanks Sharon.
>>
>>
>> Cheers (and happy sols
On Thu, 22 Dec 2011 10:35:34 + "Sharon Kimble skimbl...@gmail.com"
suggested this:
>I've just tried to create a folder on the external h/d which failed.
>This is the error report;-
>~~~
> mkdir /media/8eef3b99-c17b-4913-ae61-d34c7fd5d459/test
>mkdir: cannot cr
On 22/12/11 20:55, Raf Czlonka wrote:
On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 01:50:57AM GMT, Ashton Fagg wrote:
On 22/12/11 11:39, Sharon Kimble wrote:
As the drive is owned by root should it be run as sudo?
Yes, or as root (su -c 'chown blah blah').
What's the point of running "su" as root?
My wording
On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 01:50:57AM GMT, Ashton Fagg wrote:
> On 22/12/11 11:39, Sharon Kimble wrote:
> >As the drive is owned by root should it be run as sudo?
>
> Yes, or as root (su -c 'chown blah blah').
What's the point of running "su" as root?
Your example will only change user "blah" permis
On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 10:35:34AM GMT, Sharon Kimble wrote:
> I've just tried to create a folder on the external h/d which failed.
> This is the error report;-
> ~~~
> mkdir /media/8eef3b99-c17b-4913-ae61-d34c7fd5d459/test
> mkdir: cannot create directory
> `/media
On 22 December 2011 02:04, Scott Ferguson
wrote:
> On 22/12/11 12:39, Sharon Kimble wrote:
>> On 22 December 2011 00:59, Scott Ferguson
>> wrote:
>>> On 22/12/11 11:26, Sharon Kimble wrote:
I have an external usb hard drive that I use solely for storing
backups which are done every thre
On 22/12/11 12:39, Sharon Kimble wrote:
> On 22 December 2011 00:59, Scott Ferguson
> wrote:
>> On 22/12/11 11:26, Sharon Kimble wrote:
>>> I have an external usb hard drive that I use solely for storing
>>> backups which are done every three hours of my home folder. It
>>> is 'owned' by root, b
On 22/12/11 11:39, Sharon Kimble wrote:
As the drive is owned by root should it be run as sudo?
Yes, or as root (su -c 'chown blah blah').
Cheers,
Ashton
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On 22 December 2011 00:59, Scott Ferguson
wrote:
> On 22/12/11 11:26, Sharon Kimble wrote:
>> I have an external usb hard drive that I use solely for storing
>> backups which are done every three hours of my home folder. It is
>> 'owned' by root, but I want to have the user boztu to have ownership
On 22/12/11 11:26, Sharon Kimble wrote:
> I have an external usb hard drive that I use solely for storing
> backups which are done every three hours of my home folder. It is
> 'owned' by root, but I want to have the user boztu to have ownership
> of it so that boztu can write to it from their cron
I have an external usb hard drive that I use solely for storing
backups which are done every three hours of my home folder. It is
'owned' by root, but I want to have the user boztu to have ownership
of it so that boztu can write to it from their cron backup program,
but how do I do it please?
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