USB HDD Can't write with standard user

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danaeckel

Hi all,

I'm trying to set up backup services with my FreeBSD 9 system. I have a 1TB USB HDD, and if I am logged in with anything other than root all I can do is read the file system and not write to it. I searched up and down, and found stuff like the join operator group, mounting it inside the user folder, and everything has the same result. What am I not seeing?

Dana
 
A non-root user has to have write permissions to directories or files. That can be done with various combinations of permissions (chmod(1)), group membership, and file/directory ownership (chown(8)).
 
silly me

Well, thank you for your advice, however it was way more easy than I thought. I have xfce installed, and didn't realize the old windows right click for permissions would work. I did it, and slick as can be.
 
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