Apparently only Caja opened as superuser is allowed to read the partition label. Non superuser windows can only display the volume size. In addition, the non-superuser window shows the partitions of my internal drives that the superuser version leaves out.
Apparently the user shown by Caja and command line are not the actual ones. When I tried to save a file into a directory owned by "root" (I am logged in as robert) it succeeds. So the entire permission code needs to be checked for bugs. ** Attachment added: "Screenshot at 2019-03-26 02-27-01.png" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/caja/+bug/1821650/+attachment/5249335/+files/Screenshot%20at%202019-03-26%2002-27-01.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1821650 Title: Owner of external drive changed to root after last update To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/caja/+bug/1821650/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
