Changing Write Permission On External USB Drive In Mepis 6.5 Linux


	Changing Write Permission On External USB Drive In Mepis 6.5 Linux

owlpath

12-9-2007 9:22 AM

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mepis, linux, external hard drive permissions

owlpath says:

Maybe this will help somebody concerning permissions for writing to an external hard drive

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