Some file system simply don't provide to store owner and group, so chwon doesn't work, just mount can be used to set the owner.
$ sudo parted -l | grep Intenso -A7 Model: Intenso Rainbow (scsi) Disk /dev/sdc: 8087MB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: loop Disk Flags: Number Start End Size File system Flags 1 0.00B 8087MB 8087MB fat32 $ sudo mkdir /mnt/usb $ sudo mount /dev/sdc /mnt/usb $ ls -hAl /mnt/usb/ total 45M drwxr-xr-x 3 root root [snip] $ sudo umount /dev/sdc $ sudo mount /dev/sdc /mnt/usb/ -o uid=rocketmouse $ ls -hAl /mnt/usb/ total 45M drwxr-xr-x 3 rocketmouse root [snip] $ sudo chown root:root /mnt/usb/* chown: changing ownership of '/mnt/usb/[snip]': Operation not permitted [snip] More information is provided by the man page. Run $ man mount Regards, Ralf -- xubuntu-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users
