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Just installed Ubuntu. Plugged an external drive used to store images, documents, and copies of programs. I can not access it. Says permission denied. How to fix this?

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    Show the commands you use.
    – Arkadiusz Drabczyk
    Commented Jan 19, 2020 at 18:18
  • Try to go into the directory as root and then try to change the permissions.
    – Prvt_Yadav
    Commented Jan 19, 2020 at 19:31
  • Thank you for your reply. I figured it out. In terminal just type "sudo nautilus". Then you can change owner permission for any folder.
    – Corey
    Commented Jan 19, 2020 at 19:37
  • You could add an entry to your /etc/fstab file. Verify if there is more than one partition to be mounted, and the file system (ie FAT, NTFS, ext4 etc). Reference: help.ubuntu.com/community/Fstab#Options
    – Kate
    Commented Jan 19, 2020 at 20:10
  • That is a bit over my level for right now. But thanks for the comment.
    – Corey
    Commented Jan 19, 2020 at 20:19

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Root Permission SOLVED.. open a terminal and do the following.

  1. type "sudo nautilus" ( a file window will open)
  2. go to the folder you want to change permission for.
  3. right-click the folder
  4. click on permission (a window with a list will open)
  5. scroll to your user name and click it. (you now have root permission to that folder)

This is especially useful for GIMP and Inkscape when you need to add fonts, brushes, scripts, and extensions.

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    Unfortuntately this is also a really easy way to break your system completely. Not recommended
    – Chris Davies
    Commented Jun 4 at 7:49

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