Please change the permissions to 0770 so that the directory

Question

I did everything according to these instructions on the OwnCloud forum but I get the error:

Data directory (/mnt/usbdrive/owncloud/) is readable for other users
Please change the permissions to 0770 so that the directory cannot be listed by other users.

I gave the permissions like:

 chmod 0770 /mnt/usbdrive/owncloud/

and I changed my /etc/fstab

I used:

chown -R www-data:www-data /mnt/usbdrive/owncloud/

as well. But I still get that error when going to owncloud

This is what my /etc/fstab looks like:

[ screenshot of fstab in terminal

EDIT: This error only comes up when I change the data directory. If I keep it the same, I can acces it normally.

If /mnt/usbdrive/owncloud/ is on a filesystem like FAT or NTFS that doesn't support Unix-style permissions chmod and chown don't work and you have to set the permissions using mount options. Please add the content of your /etc/fstab to your question. — Florian Diesch, Nov 22 '13 at 13:48
To separate fs problem from an owncould problem, how does it work when you put your owncloud data in /var/owncoud (for instance) — Emmanuel, Nov 28 '13 at 16:18
@Emmanuel You mean the standard data directory? It gives me a log in screen. When I use the hdd directory, it gives me that error. — Loko, Nov 28 '13 at 16:33
Maybe your chown/chmod is not working or it check also that the parent directory is not too permissive, what shows the command ls -ld /mnt/usbdrive/owncloud /mnt/usbdrive — Emmanuel, Nov 28 '13 at 16:40
@Emmanuel
drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 65536 nov 22 10:51 /mnt/usbdrive

drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4096 nov 21 16:43 /mnt/usbdrive/owncloud — Loko, Nov 28 '13 at 16:47
sorry I gave answer who was wrong, I deleted. did you remount your usb drive sinc you changed the fstab ? — Emmanuel, Nov 28 '13 at 17:33

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 10 '15 at 22:22

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With the inputs you provided, you have to change your mount options in /etc/fstab.

quiet,defaults,permissions,locale=en_US.utf8

Don't use the umask option; it seems that the mount.ntfs-3g manpage is false where it claims that mask will apply to newer files. All the ".mask" options apply also to already existing files.

With umask=0 all your files get rwxrwxrwx rights.

edited Feb 10 '15 at 22:22

darxtrix

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answered Nov 28 '13 at 17:17

Emmanuel

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Okay now you know what, I have no idea if this fixed it. I did 2 things before rebooting my raspberry. Your fix and chmod a+r /mnt/usbdrive/. Vote up anyway – Loko Nov 29 '13 at 14:35
@Loko I was wrong when I tested I made a sysntax error to the permissions option. Your problem was the umask=0 populating rights to all you file. I rewrote my answer. Now all is working. – Emmanuel Nov 29 '13 at 15:13

rusty · Answer 2 · 2013-11-30T09:44:41.037

I assume you're new to using Linux commands. In Linux, there is a SuperUser named Root which by default is locked (you can unlock it though). But you can still run programs with root-level privileges. This is where sudo comes in - it allows authorized users to run certain programs as Root. And you'll find yourself using sudo very often while performing the administrative tasks.

Changing file mode bits and ownership in /mnt directory will require root privileges. So if you haven't already done this, run the commands with sudo as:

sudo chmod 0770 /mnt/usbdrive/owncloud/
sudo chown www-data:www-data /mnt/usbdrive/owncloud/

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Nov 06 '17 at 18:01

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First find the uid (user id) and gid (group id) for your mount (do a grep in /etc/passwd and /etc/group).
Then add an entry in /etc/fstab

/etc/fstab

/dev/sda1 /mnt/usbdrive ntfs-3g  quiet,locale=en_US.utf8,uid=1001,gid=33,dmode=770,fmode=660,comment=systemd.automount 0 0

EDIT: quite to quiet

edited Nov 06 '17 at 18:01

TylerBUrquhart

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answered Oct 08 '15 at 08:57

Tasos Koutoumanos

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I think that should be "quiet", not "quite" – kurdtpage Jun 03 '17 at 09:47

Please change the permissions to 0770 so that the directory

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