hello folks,

So i set up a NAS with Open Media vault on a raspberry pi using a spare 1 TB (external powered usb HDD) and 2 TB (USB powered drive) drive. I now have a 4 TB USB external drive in my possession and would like to transfer the content of my NAS drives to it and ultimately replace the 1 and 2 TB drives by this single 4 TB drive.

Now i want to do this on my ubuntu laptop rather than copy pasting the files from the two drives via OMV/Network storage. also the pi has a hard time powering more than 1 usb powered drive.... so i went ahead and plugged the 2TB usb drive in my laptop and naturally it is telling me that the NAS file is restricted to the user i set up share with at the time...

so how can I access it? where can input the credentials to "unlock" the file. im sure this must be an elementary question but for the love of me i cant figure it out....

thanks in advance

EDIT AAAAAAAND I figured it out

sudo chmod -R 777 /path/to/share

You should not change the file permissions, but execute the copy and access commands as root. File permissions are important, and should not be changed.

Whatever you used to perform the copy action, sudo should have been able to handle that. Ubuntu doesn't like it, but makes you root and you can do the command without sudo.

If you do it from the GUI, I think you can run a command as a different user with ALT-F2. Run as root and enter your sudo password. Not quite sure, Ubuntu spasmodically tries to avoid root causing a myriad of problems.

Purchase a powered USB hub. Then you can attach any USB powered device to the Pi. The Pi itself can also be powered from this hub.

jlinkels

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thx Jlinkels ill give that a shot. that being said, if i copy past the folder to the new drive then set up the drive to be shared over smb on OMV with a new user permission it will "overwrite" chmod -R 777 right?