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how do I change owner of hda and hdb to access and modify files

Asked by rainbow61

 I have tried some of the steps as laid out in answers to other user problems but still have no access to either drive, hdb doesn't even appear in /etc/fstab hda is quantum 10GB, hdb is seagate 20GB

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michelem (michele-marcucci) said : 		#1

Why do you want change ownership? I cannot understand your problem, if you mount hdb as root (sudo) you have to use it with root privilege (sudo).
If it isnt in the fstab you can insert it by "sudo vi /etc/fstab" create a directory to mount it and adjust it to fstab.

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Benoit Malet (benoit-malet) said : 		#2

Hello !

If you want to access data on your drives, here is the information you need:

1) Which partitions do you have (and want to access) ? (use gparted or fdisk to tell)

2) Which filesystem is used on these partitions ? (ext3, FAT, NTFS, .....)

Well, it's about all ... As michelem said, then you just have to edit fstab ...

If help is needed to process these steps (info gathering and fstab editing), feel free to ask !

Regards,
Benoît

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rainbow61 (thelowez) said : 		#3

sorry very new, i can edit fstab, but not sure what to enter to get access to the drives

Regards and much thanks for your patience

P.S. I want the second drive to store stuff instead of stuffing it all in the primary drive.
I worked out how to change the ownership of the drive but it dissappeared from fstab

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Best rainbow61 (thelowez) said : 		#4

Thanks for all your help, have fixed the problem, found a solution in the documentation. Again, thanks for all your help.
Regards
Nick