Multiple accounts accessing an external HDD on 18.1
 

I'm using Linux Mint 18.1. I have a problem with my external HDD. I have three accounts on this computer for different users, but only one of them has read write access to the eternal HDD. The other two have no permissions at all. I need all three account users to have equal read-write access to the HDD when ever that user is logged in. I tried making a group "HDD" and adding all three users to it, but that didn't seem to make a difference.

Does anyone know how to do this?

Thanks...

What is the mount point of the external HDD?

Mint mounts under /media/<username>/whatever. Add an entry for the hard-disk to fstab with appropriate permissions. I find using label rather than UUID more convenient.

I'm really sorry. I got so frustrated I wiped everything out in favor of a two partition system. One for Linux and the other for storage and backup.

So to have wasted your time.

Welcome to LQ!!! I empathize with frustration:eek: No harm on this posting;)
Feel free to ask future questions.

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