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I know this question has been asked before, but I cannot find a solution for ubuntu 18.04

I have an external hard drive (FAT32) that had a default name with spaces that was making my life hell for scripting. So I manually changed the Mount point to "/media/$user/Ext1TB" but now I do not have write access to the disk and cannot save or modify the content. It used to work fine previously

Things I have tried:

sudo chown -R $USER:$USER path/to/folder

gksu nautilus (doesn't work on 18.04?)

sudo chmod -R 777 /<folder name or path>

changing permissions through sudo nautilus (works but does not stay like that)

So I am a bit out of ideas: Any other suggestion that doesn't involve formatting?

I have already looked at the following posts:
Changing file permissions on USB external hard drive
External hard drive not allowing permission

Edit:
Thanks to guiverc
now I understand the problem with FAT32 permissions. I have tried the following with no result:

sudo mount /dev/sda1 /media/$USER/Ext1TB

should I add the "-w" ? The help says it is implicit.Can somebody help with the mount call?

From what I understand of the post suggested to make it permanent I have to add or modify a line in fstab similar to this:
UUID=8C52-C1CD /home/storage auto user,umask=000,utf8,auto 0 0

But I have no idea on how to build the line, find the correct UUID number and set the correct options. Any suggestion with that?

permissions mount hard-drive

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  FAT32 partitions don't include space to store posix/unix/linux file permission bits (+r +w +x etc) as it has different bits (/hid /sys /ro /arc) so the chmod cannot work. Your 'fix' is to mount (ie. mount with permissions you want; the new directory has different permissions to where you mounted it previously)
  
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  13 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


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  Possible duplicate of Mount USB drive with write permissions for everyone or specific user
  
  – guiverc
  13 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


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  @guiverc Indeed your suggestion seems fitting but it didn't work for me. please see the edit for details
  
  – ciskoh
  12 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


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  should be sudo mount /dev/sda1 /media/$USER/Ext1TB -o umask=000
  
  – tatsu
  12 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


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  Thanks @tatsu that worked
  
  – ciskoh
  11 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

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I know this question has been asked before, but I cannot find a solution for ubuntu 18.04

I have an external hard drive (FAT32) that had a default name with spaces that was making my life hell for scripting. So I manually changed the Mount point to "/media/$user/Ext1TB" but now I do not have write access to the disk and cannot save or modify the content. It used to work fine previously

Things I have tried:

sudo chown -R $USER:$USER path/to/folder

gksu nautilus (doesn't work on 18.04?)

sudo chmod -R 777 /<folder name or path>

changing permissions through sudo nautilus (works but does not stay like that)

So I am a bit out of ideas: Any other suggestion that doesn't involve formatting?

I have already looked at the following posts:
Changing file permissions on USB external hard drive
External hard drive not allowing permission

Edit:
Thanks to guiverc
now I understand the problem with FAT32 permissions. I have tried the following with no result:

sudo mount /dev/sda1 /media/$USER/Ext1TB

should I add the "-w" ? The help says it is implicit.Can somebody help with the mount call?

From what I understand of the post suggested to make it permanent I have to add or modify a line in fstab similar to this:
UUID=8C52-C1CD /home/storage auto user,umask=000,utf8,auto 0 0

But I have no idea on how to build the line, find the correct UUID number and set the correct options. Any suggestion with that?

permissions mount hard-drive

share|improve this question

edited 12 hours ago

ciskoh

asked 15 hours ago

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  FAT32 partitions don't include space to store posix/unix/linux file permission bits (+r +w +x etc) as it has different bits (/hid /sys /ro /arc) so the chmod cannot work. Your 'fix' is to mount (ie. mount with permissions you want; the new directory has different permissions to where you mounted it previously)
  
  – guiverc
  13 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  2
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Possible duplicate of Mount USB drive with write permissions for everyone or specific user
  
  – guiverc
  13 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @guiverc Indeed your suggestion seems fitting but it didn't work for me. please see the edit for details
  
  – ciskoh
  12 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  should be sudo mount /dev/sda1 /media/$USER/Ext1TB -o umask=000
  
  – tatsu
  12 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Thanks @tatsu that worked
  
  – ciskoh
  11 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

 | 
show 1 more comment

I know this question has been asked before, but I cannot find a solution for ubuntu 18.04

I have an external hard drive (FAT32) that had a default name with spaces that was making my life hell for scripting. So I manually changed the Mount point to "/media/$user/Ext1TB" but now I do not have write access to the disk and cannot save or modify the content. It used to work fine previously

Things I have tried:

sudo chown -R $USER:$USER path/to/folder

gksu nautilus (doesn't work on 18.04?)

sudo chmod -R 777 /<folder name or path>

changing permissions through sudo nautilus (works but does not stay like that)

So I am a bit out of ideas: Any other suggestion that doesn't involve formatting?

I have already looked at the following posts:
Changing file permissions on USB external hard drive
External hard drive not allowing permission

Edit:
Thanks to guiverc
now I understand the problem with FAT32 permissions. I have tried the following with no result:

sudo mount /dev/sda1 /media/$USER/Ext1TB

should I add the "-w" ? The help says it is implicit.Can somebody help with the mount call?

From what I understand of the post suggested to make it permanent I have to add or modify a line in fstab similar to this:
UUID=8C52-C1CD /home/storage auto user,umask=000,utf8,auto 0 0

But I have no idea on how to build the line, find the correct UUID number and set the correct options. Any suggestion with that?

permissions mount hard-drive

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sudo chown -R $USER:$USER path/to/folder

gksu nautilus (doesn't work on 18.04?)

sudo chmod -R 777 /<folder name or path>

sudo mount /dev/sda1 /media/$USER/Ext1TB

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To mount your drive you must use the argument -o umask=000 this will mount the whole drive as write. since it is a FAT32 formatted drive this is how user rights work on it : they are set at mount so :

sudo mount /dev/sda1 /media/$USER/Ext1TB -o umask=000

will solve your issue.

share|improve this answer

answered 11 hours ago

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  the solution proposed works. Could you tell me how to make it permanent?
  
  – ciskoh
  8 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


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  you could use DISKS, it's an installed app on your system. simply open it up, navigate to the partition you want to mount, turn off automounting (the default it no mount for a usb drive) and set the mount point and mount arguments like above or anything else that suits your needs
  
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To mount your drive you must use the argument -o umask=000 this will mount the whole drive as write. since it is a FAT32 formatted drive this is how user rights work on it : they are set at mount so :

sudo mount /dev/sda1 /media/$USER/Ext1TB -o umask=000

will solve your issue.

share|improve this answer

answered 11 hours ago

tatsutatsu

610737

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  the solution proposed works. Could you tell me how to make it permanent?
  
  – ciskoh
  8 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  you could use DISKS, it's an installed app on your system. simply open it up, navigate to the partition you want to mount, turn off automounting (the default it no mount for a usb drive) and set the mount point and mount arguments like above or anything else that suits your needs
  
  – tatsu
  5 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

0

To mount your drive you must use the argument -o umask=000 this will mount the whole drive as write. since it is a FAT32 formatted drive this is how user rights work on it : they are set at mount so :

sudo mount /dev/sda1 /media/$USER/Ext1TB -o umask=000

will solve your issue.

share|improve this answer

answered 11 hours ago

tatsutatsu

610737

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  the solution proposed works. Could you tell me how to make it permanent?
  
  – ciskoh
  8 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  you could use DISKS, it's an installed app on your system. simply open it up, navigate to the partition you want to mount, turn off automounting (the default it no mount for a usb drive) and set the mount point and mount arguments like above or anything else that suits your needs
  
  – tatsu
  5 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

To mount your drive you must use the argument -o umask=000 this will mount the whole drive as write. since it is a FAT32 formatted drive this is how user rights work on it : they are set at mount so :

sudo mount /dev/sda1 /media/$USER/Ext1TB -o umask=000

will solve your issue.

share|improve this answer

answered 11 hours ago

tatsutatsu

610737

sudo mount /dev/sda1 /media/$USER/Ext1TB -o umask=000

share|improve this answer

answered 11 hours ago

tatsutatsu

610737

answered 11 hours ago

tatsutatsu

610737

answered 11 hours ago

tatsutatsu

610737