Trouble: mounting, linking, permissions.
Hi. I am also a newbie to linux.
I installed Ubuntu a couple of days ago, and I've been struggling to learn ever since. I have a problem with "linking." I have 4 HD partitions. hda1 ( 5 GB) ---> / ---> Linux system files. (type: reiserfs) hda6 (28 GB) ---> /local1 ---> storage: personal documents. (type: reiserfs) hdb1 (85 GB) ---> /local2 ---> storage: multimedia files. (type: jfs) hdb2 (31 GB) ---> /local3 ---> storage: anything else. (type: reiserfs) The problem is that I don't seem to be able to gain access to those folders (local1, local2, local3). For example, when I try to download a file into local3 directory, an error message pops up and it says "Cannot create file. Directory /local3 is not writable." I added my account to the group of the "root," and chmod 775 to local3. and then I was finally able to save a file in local3 directory. but I found out that the subdirectories in local3 weren't still writable. and even after I chmod 775 to the subdirectory of local3, I could not save a file in the subdirectory for some reason. I came across all these trouble in the first place while trying to create "shortcuts" to those directories on my desktop. is there a way? I tried the "ln -s local3 /local3" but I guess i did it wrong. it did not work. Should I have mounted them under $home when I first installed linux, like $home/local1, $home/local2, and such? If i want them on my desktop, should i have mounted them /desktop/local1 ... ? please help. |
What does "ls -ld /local1 /local2 /local3" show? Also can you post your /etc/fstab so we can see how those partitions are mounted?
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drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 48 2005-01-28 16:28 /local1 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 256 2005-01-28 14:22 /local2 drwxrwxr-x 5 root root 120 2005-01-28 18:45 /local3 by the way, an update: somehow, I have now gained a full access to local3 and its only subdirectory: downloads. I don't really know what triggered it. maybe rebooting? but I thought I had tried it after a reboot and still it did not work? I am getting confused. also, is it possible to create "shortcuts" to the local3 on my desktop? Edit: I still can't copy/paste into local1 and local2 directories. I'll chmod 775 to them. and see what happens since I am in the group of "root." and if i'd have to reboot to have the new permissions taken effect. Edit2: yes! it worked without rebooting! I have no idea why I had so much trouble with this... :o now I am gonna try to create shortcuts on my desktop. |
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