[SOLVED] Cannot chmod or chown a secondary hard disk

sunnieside-up · 09-07-2011, 08:56 PM

Hi guys,

I mounted /dev/sdb1 on /mnt/hdb, and I found that the owner is root, and users don't have write access, so I want to change that. However, I run sudo chmod -R a+w /mnt/hdb, or chmod -R 766 /mnt/hdb, but no permissions change. Trying to run chown on it doesn't work either. I'm wondering, what am I doing wrong??

andrewthomas · 09-07-2011, 09:06 PM

What is the file system for sdb1?

What does it contain?

sunnieside-up · 09-07-2011, 09:42 PM

Oh right it's FAT32, that's why! but then how do I resolve the permissions, to have all users have write access?

andrewthomas · 09-07-2011, 09:49 PM

This page from the Arch wiki should help:

Writing to FAT32 as Normal User

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php..._a_normal_user

sunnieside-up · 09-07-2011, 10:15 PM

Alright, thanks for your help!

andrewthomas · 09-07-2011, 10:15 PM

You're welcome.

Glad to be of help.