How to give execute permissions to a drive on Steam?

Question

I even tried some answers but I am a newbie at Ubuntu. I had no idea of what was everyone talking about. So please don't consider this a duplicate. I just need an easy how-to.

Answer 1

Now, you can fix it like this:

By presuming you have Ubuntu installed, I've fixed this problem by adding this line in the /etc/fstab file:

/dev/sda6 /media/MEDIA7 ntfs-3g defaults,user,locale=en_US.utf8,exec,uid=1000,gid=1000 0 0

Presuming that your external disk is formatted AS NTFS, replace /dev/sda6 with your disk path (you can find it out using fdisk -l). The /media/MEDIA7 is the mount point. Make sure that you replace the integer values of uid and gid with your own (you can get them by using id).

Now written in a different way:

1. Open terminal
2. Type mkdir /media/MEDIA7
3. Type gedit /etc/fstab

4. Copy/Paste this line:

   /dev/sdaX /media/MEDIA7 ntfs-3g defaults,user,locale=en_US.utf8,exec,uid=1000,gid=1000 0 0
   

5. Edit it to your info, you can get info by typing fdisk -l in terminal.

6. Restart.

Found here: http://steamcommunity.com/app/221410/discussions/0/864974467574115543/?l=danish

Another workaround could be this:

1. Open terminal
2. Type mkdir /MNT/DISKTHATISMOUNTED/MySteamLibrary
3. Type chmod -R 777 /MNT/DISKTHATISMOUNTED/MySteamLibrary
4. Now create the steamlibrary through steam

Note:

• /MNT/DISKTHATISMOUNTED you have to edit yourself to point to where your disk drive is mounted.