I am trying to copy files to a partition but it says: Permission denied.
I formatted the drive (I only have one: /dev/sda) with several partitions and successfully installed Linux Mint using one partition as /boot, another as /swap and another as / (root). I'm going to use the other partitions for Windows 7 and general storage.
However, when I mount and browse to my 'Store' partition, I can't write to it (create new files/folders or copy others there). Why don't I have this permission? I am logged in as an administrator user.
I've reformatted it and remounted it several times. No luck.
[Solved] Permission denied: on a partition
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keke
[Solved] Permission denied: on a partition
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StanTheMan
Re: Permission denied: on a partition
This is a Permissions setting of the DIRECTORY on which you are mounting the datas partition.
Mint by default assigns the UserManager as a member of the group ' plugdev ' You can check this by ging into the Menu > System > Administration > Users and Groups.
Next check the permissions that are set for the mount point directory. For exxample, if your mount directory is ' /media/sda7 ' then
Terminal
cd /media
ls -l
A line should e listed for sda7. like this - -
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2010-06-11 14:53 sda7
This directory is owned by ' root ' , and its group is ' root ' .
Change the group to ' plugdev '
sudo chgrp plugdev sda7
Next make the group read and write - -
sudo chmdd g+rwx sda7
( drwxrwxr-x 2 root plugdev 4096 2010-06-11 14:53 sda7 )
Now the UserAdmin should have read and write and executive permissions to any partition mounted on this directory.
Mint by default assigns the UserManager as a member of the group ' plugdev ' You can check this by ging into the Menu > System > Administration > Users and Groups.
Next check the permissions that are set for the mount point directory. For exxample, if your mount directory is ' /media/sda7 ' then
Terminal
cd /media
ls -l
A line should e listed for sda7. like this - -
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2010-06-11 14:53 sda7
This directory is owned by ' root ' , and its group is ' root ' .
Change the group to ' plugdev '
sudo chgrp plugdev sda7
Next make the group read and write - -
sudo chmdd g+rwx sda7
( drwxrwxr-x 2 root plugdev 4096 2010-06-11 14:53 sda7 )
Now the UserAdmin should have read and write and executive permissions to any partition mounted on this directory.
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oobetimer
Re: Permission denied: on a partition
1. mount the partitionkeke wrote:I am trying to copy files to a partition but it says: Permission denied.
I formatted the drive (I only have one: /dev/sda) with several partitions and successfully installed Linux Mint using one partition as /boot, another as /swap and another as / (root). I'm going to use the other partitions for Windows 7 and general storage.
However, when I mount and browse to my 'Store' partition, I can't write to it (create new files/folders or copy others there). Why don't I have this permission? I am logged in as an administrator user.
I've reformatted it and remounted it several times. No luck.
2. Make yourself as an owner of the partition
sudo chown -R your_username: /media/Store