USB devices will need to be treated as if ONLY the root user will access.. BECAUSE....
... if non-root user owns the files... NO ONE ELSE CAN ADMIN them
here's a bash script to both reclaim ownership, then reset permisions to 777
this script accepts 1 argument, or it will process
function pausing {
read -p "Press ENTER to CONTINUE, CTRL-C to ABORT" paused
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}
function line {
echo "---------------------------------------------------"
}
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echo "update usb hdd file/folder permissions recursively"
echo "target: $1"
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ls -la "$1"
echo "running chown -R root:root"
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sudo chown -R root:root "$1"
echo "done.."
echo "running chmod -R 777"
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sudo chmod -R 777 "$1"
echo "done.."
echo "done, listing target...."
ls -la "$1"
pausing
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