how to chnge permissions if the actual hard drive is set to read only

[Diss]

or, how do i turn off the read only attribute of my (non boot) hard drive so that i can delete files?

thanks

diss

edit - there is nothing in properties - i am using ubuntu 7.04

 

[FirebarUK]

Is it a windows drive formatted with NTFS by any chance?

 

[Deanje]

chmod 777, maybe...

 

[Dj_Jestar]

umount /dev/hdx, then mount it without read only.

 

[Diss]

umount /dev/hdx, then mount it without read only.

hi all
yes its an NTFS drive

Dj_Jestar - how do i mount without read only? they way i mount is just by double clicking them in the file manager - what terminal command would i use?

many thanks

diss

 

[FirebarUK]

By default in 7.04, ntfs-3g is not installed and therefore you cannot write to NTFS drives. I'll find you a wiki....

 

[FirebarUK]

http://www.berthon.eu/ice_and_fire/?p=41

^ those steps do the trick, dont worry about having to edit /etc/fstab necessarily.

 

[Diss]

hi again

thanks firebarUK

i have NTFS-3g support and can read and write to my vista partition fine

its just i have 2 old winXP drives as storage devices and i can't access them because they are read only

i don't seem to have any GUI option to get rid of the read only hence wondering what the terminal command might be

hmmmm - unless of course the NTFS-3g can't see my 2 other drives because i put them in after installin it? gettin out of my depth here

any suggestions welcome
many thanks
diss

 

[PhilGQ]

Hey guys thanks, that's a useful tip.

NTFS-3G is preinstalled with the new Ubuntu 7.10 but the gui config for it: ntfsconfig needs to be installed from synaptic. Then found under system tools in the main menu.

 

[Diss]

sorted it

there is a ntfs-config tool that detected these additional drives when i opened it - so all seems ok

cheers guys

diss