Permissions Can't be Changed
by Completely Clueless from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5QTER)
Greetings gentlemen,
I have a 32Gb thumb drive and thought I might as well press it into service for backing up data. So I formatted it to ext4, inserted it into one of my other Linux boxes and attempted to copy stuff across to it. No dice! Cut a long story short, even when reinserted into the original machine I formatted it with, as Root, I *still* can't change the permissions to make it writeable for any user. The system doesn't complain, it just doesn't carry out the desired change. The permissions remain resolutely stuck at this: Code:drwx------ and there's nothing I can do to remedy the situation it would seem!
This is the command I'm using:Code:sudo chmod 777 /dev/sdb1
Can some kind soul disabuse me of my ignorance and tell me what I'm doing wrong, please?
Thanks!
I have a 32Gb thumb drive and thought I might as well press it into service for backing up data. So I formatted it to ext4, inserted it into one of my other Linux boxes and attempted to copy stuff across to it. No dice! Cut a long story short, even when reinserted into the original machine I formatted it with, as Root, I *still* can't change the permissions to make it writeable for any user. The system doesn't complain, it just doesn't carry out the desired change. The permissions remain resolutely stuck at this: Code:drwx------ and there's nothing I can do to remedy the situation it would seem!
This is the command I'm using:Code:sudo chmod 777 /dev/sdb1
Can some kind soul disabuse me of my ignorance and tell me what I'm doing wrong, please?
Thanks!