On 27/11/2020 00:31, Ed Greshko wrote:
On 26/11/2020 22:44, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
> Ed Greshko writes:
>
>> On 26/11/2020 16:35, Joe Zeff wrote:
>>> On 11/26/20 12:34 AM, Ed Greshko wrote:
>>>> FWIW, I have a Ubuntu VM and the same flash drive that I used on Fedora
works the same way on
>>>> it. The system mounts it for me, as me. It is ubuntu 20.04 if that
makes any difference.
>>>
>>> Most of the time, flash drives mount properly for my sister too. Once in a
while this comes up for her and/or for me, and I was hoping to get a handle on how to deal
with the issue once and for all.
>>
>> The next time it happens to you check which file system type is on the drive.
>>
>> FAT and VFAT don't have ownership written to them as Samuel explained. And,
as I said, I've never
>> encountered issues with them.
>
> It seems what's described here is that, for some odd reason, the flash drives get
mounted occasionally as read-only, so this is not an ownership issue.
>
You don't think someone could mistake not being able to write to the drive because of
an ownership/permission
as it being "read-only"?
Remember, in the initial post it was stated.....
"Every now and then I buy a flash drive and find that when I mount it it's owned
by root and read only except by root."
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