[Discuss] permissions on partitions

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David Lee wrote:
> Good evening
> 
> Yesterday, I formated my hard drive, removed win xp and re-installed 
> Linux on the whole drive.
> 
> When I set up the partitions, I used swap, /, /home and /data. Another 
> drive was put in as hdb and /backup.
> 
> Normally, when I had windows, I used /mnt for c, e, and d (other drive).
> Should I have used mnt for /data and /backup?
> When I go to the /data directory (partition?) to make some directories ( 
> photos, music, and videos),
> I get an "access denied to /data/photo". I have tried reading and trying 
> chmod and chown, but to no avail.
> This is using Konqueror. If I su and and use command line, it's fine. 
> How do I change permissions on a more permanent basis for all users?
> 
> I could re-install and use /mnt/data, but I was hoping to learn why this 
> was happening.
> 
> Thanks for any help
> 
> David
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