I'm on Manjaro Linux with Gnome. When I attach a USB HDD to my laptop, it mounts as /run/media/username/uuid. But for some reason, it is mounted as root and not with the owner set to the currently logged in user. For that reason, I can't create new directory's on this HDD, after I attached this to the laptop.
I can only switch to root, create the folder and change ownership of this new folder to the currently logged in user.
Is there any way to automount the USB hdd/stick with ownership of the currently logged in user?
4 Comments
SomeBoyo@feddit.de · 7 pts · 3y
sudo chown -R username:group /path/to/the/drive/
You should now be able to create folders and mount it normally
db2@sopuli.xyz · 5 pts · 3y
Or add the uuid to fstab so it's mounted as owned by their uid.
laskobar@feddit.de · 1 pts · 3y
Is there some variable to use as placeholder for the current logged in user, or do I have to use one gid/uid for all users on the laptop?
db2@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 3y
It's a good use case for groups, mounted as that group and the users who need it being in that group.