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Hey Guys, I'm having a bit of trouble with my extrenal hard-drive. Here's how it goes: I click on the HDD in nautilus, and it prompts me for a password. ...
  1. 01-25-2010 #1
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    Question HDD permissions

    Hey Guys,

    I'm having a bit of trouble with my extrenal hard-drive. Here's how it goes:

    I click on the HDD in nautilus, and it prompts me for a password. It gives access to the files, but to edit, remove, or add any files, I have to open it as nautilus under root!

    How do I change the permissions so I only have to type my password once?
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    What file system do you have on the external drive?
    Sometimes, real fast is almost as good as real time.
    Just remember, Semper Gumbi - always be flexible!
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    The filesystem is ext3.
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    It should automount unless there is some problem with your system configuration. With an NTFS file system, you usually have to manually mount it, but ext2/ext3 and FAT file systems should mount when they are plugged in. It may take a few seconds for the OS to see it and then mount it. Does your system see and automount FAT formatted USB discs?
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    My system does auto-mount usb discs, but they're all FAT16.
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