2 noobish questions please!

[steinooo]

Hi all,

1) I'm having trouble with file permissions. I would like my Sickbeard / SABNZBdplus install to be able to write to a folder on an attached USB HDD which is mounted under /mnt/Elements/videos/ but I can't figure out how to open up the permissions for everyone to be able to write there. Can anyone help me please?

2) I have another linux machine which I used to auto mount my USB HDD to in FSTAB, and now it won't boot. (stuck at the Ubuntu 10.04 dots screen) my question is - do you think it won't boot because of the missing USB hdd it is trying to mount? I know it sounds lazy but it's going to be a bit of a hassle to connect back up the USB HDD to test! As I can't SSH into it, I don't know how to proceed really!

 

[Huw]

I was waiting for someone else to help since I'm definitely no expert, but since nobody has...

1. Have you tried editing the fstab to make it writeable on mount? The option to add is w.

2. It might be related; it will probably throw up an error but I can't imagine why it would prevent the system from booting at all. Either wait and see if someone else can help or bite the bullet and reattach the drive.

Sorry I can't be more help...after seven years of using Linux I'm only a noob.

 

[inSilica]

1.

sudo ln -s /mnt/Elements/videos/ /home/youUsername/videos

you should then be able to write to /home/youUsername/videos

2.

post your fstab

possibly error, if it's not connected it should timeout and continue as default behavior