The cause of this problem is very simple: sometimes the ownership of a USB disk is not transfered to the group "plugdev", this needs to be fixed as users do not know how to change permissions. Personally I think that on non-boot USB devices the default behavior should be that they're rw for the group plugdev.
** Changed in: ubuntu Status: Expired => Incomplete ** Changed in: ubuntu Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/591025 Title: WD Passport External HD Read-Only Permissions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs