removable device permissions

[dennis_89]

I am wondering if it is possible to change the permissions on a removable hard drive (usb). They are set to read-only and I would like to be able to write to it also. I have tried using chmod but that gives an error saying it is read-only. I need this to do backups, hence the write permission.

Any help would be great.

Thanks,

Dennis

[sarumont]

You need to set the umask as an option in your mount statement. The easiest way to do this is with an entry in your /etc/fstab like:

/dev/sda1               /mnt/usb        vfat            users,noauto,rw,exec,umask=033          0 0

Replace /dev/sda1 with the device that the HDD shows up as.