Re: Permissions, USB drive

"Jonathan N. Little" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups comp.lang.perl.misc
Organization LITTLE WORKS STUDIO
Message-ID <[email protected]>
db wrote:
> On 16.02.2024 15.37, Jonathan N. Little wrote:
>> db wrote:
>>> I work under Kubuntu.
>>> I have a USB drive that U se as backup and somehow I
>>> set it up so that it is root who has all permissions.
>>> So I have to precede every copy command with sudo, etc.
>>> I take it I have to into root in order to give me, the
>>> user, these permissions, but how do I do that?
>>> When I do a right click for Properties and go into
>>> advanced Permissions, I get a faded screen, and nothing
>>> works, no doubt because I'm not root.
>>
>>
>> <https://askubuntu.com/questions/1208236/mounting-usb-mass-storage-devices-without-root-access>
>>
>>
> Thanks, but I have no problem mounting the stick. After I
> have, I then have to precede every data transfer by "sudo",
> which is pain in the neck. This, as I wrote, is no doubt
> due to root having all permissions, and only root.

I guess you didn't read the "without-root-access" part.

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Take care,

Jonathan
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