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Posted: **Thu Oct 21, 2021 6:48 pm**

my laptop has 2 internal hdds, ive installed mx linux 21 on the 1st hdd and the second is my business accounts save space.
but when i try enter the save hdd its owned by root. i cant change the permissions or anything.

any help appreciated

Posted: **Thu Oct 21, 2021 7:10 pm**

frenzy67 wrote: Thu Oct 21, 2021 6:48 pm my laptop has 2 internal hdds, ive installed mx linux 21 on the 1st hdd and the second is my business accounts save space.
but when i try enter the save hdd its owned by root. i cant change the permissions or anything.

You didn't provide enough information. What have you tried, that didn't let you change permission? What command did you use? What is error msg you got? Etc... you get my drift.

Generally, command for gaining access as user is like this:
In example bellow, 'me' is user and disk is mounted as: /media/me/backup/

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sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /media/me/backup/

Hope this works for you

Posted: **Thu Oct 21, 2021 7:14 pm**

i just tried in file manager as only just learning command line etc

Posted: **Thu Oct 21, 2021 7:30 pm**

frenzy67 wrote: Thu Oct 21, 2021 7:14 pm i just tried in file manager as only just learning command line etc

Yes, additional drives will not be available to user until you give user permission for that drive as per upper command. If you use proper path to your drive, (you need to adjust it from mine) it should work. I forgot to mention, it is useful to restart computer after running command I gave you.

Come back and let us know if it worked for you.

Posted: **Thu Oct 21, 2021 7:38 pm**

still got to input root password to enter drive

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