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    Xfce external drive: Permission Denied

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by zephyrus17, Dec 26, 2008.

  1. zephyrus17

    zephyrus17 Notebook Deity

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    Now that I've reformatted, I thought I'd try my hand at Xfce, and see what it's like. Problem is, when I try to mount and access my external, thunar says I can't assess my external, and says "Permission Denied". At least when I used kdemod it still let me read the files. Now it's total lockdown. So far, only gnome has let me use my external to my wishes

    I think there's some problem with my drive's permission/group, since it's using NTFS.

    How do I get it to be accessed? Trying a
    Code: 
    sudo chmod 777 /media/Arda-2
    gives "chmod: changing permissions of `/media/Arda-2': Read-only file system"

    and ls -l /media/ gives

    Code: 
    dr-x------ 1 root root 4096 2008-12-24 13:03 Arda-2
     
    zephyrus17, Dec 26, 2008
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  2. steve p

    steve p Notebook Evangelist

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    How about login in as root and changing permissions from the GUI?
     
    steve p, Dec 26, 2008
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    dakor Notebook Enthusiast

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    Since you are using kdemod, I take that you are using Arch. Have you added yourself to the storage group?

    As root type
    Code: 
    # gpasswd -a (username) storage
    Now just logout and log back in.
     
    dakor, Dec 26, 2008
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  4. zephyrus17

    zephyrus17 Notebook Deity

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    I've tried logging in as root from gdm, but that didn't seem to work. Do I have to login in the black screen terminal first then run startx or something?

    I was using xfce and kdemod. Now back to gnome again because I couldn't access my external. In both cases, I'm in storage.
     
    zephyrus17, Dec 26, 2008
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  5. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    Try running thunar as root:
    Code: 
    su -c 'thunar'
     
    Thomas, Dec 26, 2008
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