Re: [Hampshire] Debian flash drive mount problem

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Author: Simon Reap via Hampshire
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To: hampshire
CC: Simon Reap
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Debian flash drive mount problem
Hi Peter,

On 01/06/2020 11:34, Peter Alefounder via Hampshire wrote:
> mount /dev/sdb1 /media/flash
>
> I can read from the flash drive, but only write to it using
> the command line as root, which is not very convenient.


Before you get the pop-up to work again, you could try

    mount -o uid=xxx,gid=xxx /dev/sdb1 /media/flash

where "xxx" is the user/group name of your logged-in user. That way all
files on the drive will appear to be owned by that user, allowing reads
and writes from applications etc.

Simon


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