why i cann't access my pendrive in suse linux?

Question

iam new to linux.when i connect my pen drive.icon for pen drive appears on desktop,when i click to access it shows mount error[etc/fstab configuration does not allow unprivileged operation].what should i do to access.please help me.thanks in advance.

Answer 1

No this is not a problem with being a Windows pendrive. Pen drives are formatted as FAT32 which Linux will have no problem with.



This is a permission issue. When Linux mounts the drive it is assigning permissions to it that are too high for you to use.



If you are comfortable with the terminal you can check this by using sodo to copy data to/from the drive.



To fix it you need to modify the fstab file -- there are options that set the default permission of mounted drives. It is going to take some research to get everything correct.

Answer 2

If the pen drive appears on your desktop that means that it is seen and "mounted" by suse. I suspect the problem is that suse see the files on the pendrive as belonging to another user and not yourself, the person logged in on suse. Security in linux/suse does not permit anyone from accessing another persons files.

You have a couple options:

1. Become root and access the files.

2. Use the terminal to change the permissions for the pen drive, if you are comfortable using the terminal.

3. If you can access the pendrive in another computer change the permissions to allow everyone to access those files. I would guess that you did not put those files on the pen drive using the same computer.

The first option is the easiest, most dangerous, and not permanent.

Good luck

Answer 3

I think your drive is only made for windows OS's...