Clive, two naïve questions: (1) What's the output of: $ ls -lR /media/CAW1 ? (2) Are you trying to write to the disc as root, or as yourself?
I have an external disc similarly set up: johnp@zeno:~$ mount ---irrelevant stuff omitted--- /dev/sdb1 on /media/disc0.ext3 type ext3(rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=udisks johnp@zeno:~$ ls -l /media total 4 drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 2013-01-13 22:23 disc0.ext3 johnp@zeno:~$ ls -l /media/disc0.ext3 total 20 drwxr-xr-x 3 johnp johnp 4096 2013-01-13 22:23 johnp drwx------ 2 root root 16384 2013-01-12 22:47 lost+found Obviously only root can create files in /media/disc0.ext3 but johnp can do so in /media/disc0.ext3/johnp and that is where I keep my backups. If needed, I would make further directories for users besides myself, and so protect ourselves from each others' mistakes. Good luck. John -- John Palmer Preston near Weymouth, Dorset, England e-mail: [email protected] (plain text preferred) website: http://www.palmyra.me.uk/ -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2013-04-02 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:[email protected] How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
