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I have this new 80Gb HDD I want to use it as a backup storage for my actual system (14.04) not a server. I formatted it with Gpart but I just can't write in it, when I search for permissions it tells me that only root users can write/create in it, log on as root user and try to change permissions, and I can't do that either.

Long have I searched for an answer, looking everywhere but not to find any, is there a way to format it and use it with my user permission?

Don't want it on NTFS, is there a way?, I have searched in these forums but there’s only an answer to format it in NTFS.

A J
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Carlos Salmeron
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One formatted in ext3/4 will be treated as an extension of the base root file structure. To resolve your problem with ext2/3/4 devices:

sudo chmod -R a+rw /media/name_of_your_80gb_hdd

This will have owner = root but allow everyone to have access.

Da Weed
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