device /dev/sdb1 is an internal device and you’re not root

[ninosMember]

on my antiX 23.1 system
df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
udev 3.9G 0 3.9G 0% /dev
tmpfs 788M 904K 787M 1% /run
/dev/sda2 37G 11G 24G 31% /
tmpfs 5.0M 12K 5.0M 1% /run/lock
tmpfs 1.6G 0 1.6G 0% /dev/shm

but, there is also another bigger SSD, sdb1,
which when I try to open with the file manager
the message: “device /dev/sdb1 is an internal device and you’re not root”
appears

how can I solve this?

I had installed another distro in sdb1, but it failed to work,
then I must have made a foolish mistake trying to erase it and format it to fat 32 using gparted.

antiX works fine in sda2
and I want to keep it as my daily computer,
but I also need sdb1, to store data.

• This topic was modified 10 months ago by ninos.
• This topic was modified 10 months ago by ninos.
• This topic was modified 10 months ago by ninos.

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[RobinMember]

Hi Ninos,

1st, check how (with what options) the drive is actually mounted:

$ mount | grep sdb1

Then check your fstab, how it is registered there.

$ cat /etc/fstab

Make sure the line describing the partition has the option “users” in it.

Example:
UUID=e17c3eaa-61ff-2113-6b41-09a1ee0e95af /media/antiX ext4 users,noauto,exec 0 0

After modifying the fstab file you’ll have to reboot to make the new settings active.

ninos wrote:

format it to fat 32

Consider using ext4 instead. Then you can use aPUSB for making it accessible for all default users easily.

Windows is like a submarine. Open a window and serious problems will start.

[ninosMember]

emmanuel@antix1:~
$ cat /etc/fstab
# Pluggable devices are handled by uDev, they are not in fstab
UUID=ab5128e9-1bc2-4290-9338-b9ecd23d16b0 / ext4 discard,noatime 1 1
#-> /dev/sdb2
UUID=c5879efe-09ff-402c-9bc1-8bb1ac0ffd68 /media/c5879efe-09ff-402c-9bc1-8bb1ac0ffd68 ext4 users,noauto,exec 0 0
/dev/cdrom /media/cdrom iso9660 noauto,users,exec,ro 0 0
/dev/cdrw /media/cdrw iso9660 noauto,users,exec,rw 0 0
/dev/dvd /media/dvd udf noauto,users,exec,ro 0 0
/dev/dvdrw /media/dvdrw udf noauto,users,exec,rw 0 0
/dev/sr0 /media/sr0 auto noauto,users,exec,ro 0 0
/swap/swap swap swap defaults 0 0

?????????????????????

what should I do?

• This reply was modified 10 months ago by ninos.

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[sybokMember]

You should add a line pointing to /dev/sdb1
1) Determine UUID of /dev/sdb1 using the output of
sudo blkid
2) Create a mount-point for /dev/sdb1 (and set permissions), e.g.
sudo mkdir /data/ && sudo chown emmanuel -R /data/ && sudo chgrp emmanuel -R /data/
3) Add a corresponding line in ‘/etc/fstab/’ file (the line containing /dev/sdb1 in your ‘/etc/fstab’ or suggested by @Robin can serve as an inspiration).

BTW, you have a second partition on the “/dev/sdb drive”, i.e. /dev/sdb2, already mounted at /media/<UUID>/.
If it is not crucial (and all data from there backed up), you may consider to format the whole /dev/sdb and create a single partition on it.

[ninosMember]

sybok wrote:

3) Add a corresponding line in ‘/etc/fstab/’ file (the line containing /dev/sdb1 in your ‘/etc/fstab’ or suggested by @Robin can serve as an inspiration).

BTW, you have a second partition on the “/dev/sdb drive”, i.e. /dev/sdb2, already mounted at /media/<UUID>/.
If it is not crucial (and all data from there backed up), you may consider to format the whole /dev/sdb and create a single partition on it.

I don’t understand this…

or rather,
I don’t understand any of the three suggested steps,
unfortunately over and above my head…

• This reply was modified 10 months ago by ninos.
• This reply was modified 10 months ago by ninos.
• This reply was modified 10 months ago by ninos.

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[RobinMember]

ninos wrote:

I don’t understand this…

Hi Ninos, no problem. Step by step then:

First, you need the UUID of /dev/sdb1. You can get it from lsblk:

$ lsblk -f | grep sdb1

The UUID is located in the 5th column and consists of a long string of characters and numbers, with some dashes in it.

Then open /etc/fstab in leafpad or geany with root permissions:
$ sudo leafpad /etc/fstab

ninos wrote:

`#-> /dev/sdb2
UUID=c5879efe-09ff-402c-9bc1-8bb1ac0ffd68 /media/c5879efe-09ff-402c-9bc1-8bb1ac0ffd68 ext4 users,noauto,exec 0 0`

Copy the above line from your fstab file and paste it into the same file. Then modify the copy as follows:

#-> /dev/sdb1
UUID=... /media/sdb1 vfat defaults,users,exec,umask=000,iocharset=utf8 0 0

replace the three dots … by the actual UUID you’ve retrieved by the step before from lsblk.

Save the file back to disk and reboot.

Windows is like a submarine. Open a window and serious problems will start.

[ninosMember]

emmanuel@antix1:~
$ lsblk -f | grep sdb1
└─sdb1 vfat FAT32 1F56-06B0
emmanuel@antix1:~

where is the UUID of /dev/sdb1???????????????????????

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[RobinMember]

OK, seems you have a different version of lsblk (?), the LABEL column seems to be missing, so it is not in the 5th column for you. Please check the full output of
$ lsblk -f
Therein the columns will have headers, one of these reads UUID. The UUID you are after is right below this header then, in the line starting with sdb1.

I guess you’ll find it reads 1F56-06B0, then it would be UUID=1F56-06B0 in /etc/fstab

Windows is like a submarine. Open a window and serious problems will start.

[ninosMember]

emmanuel@antix1:~
$ lsblk -f
NAME FSTYPE FSVER LABEL UUID FSAVAIL FSUSE% MOUNTPOINTS
sda
├─sda1
│
└─sda2
ext4 1.0 rootantiX23.2
ab5128e9-1bc2-4290-9338-b9ecd23d16b0 23.7G 30% /
sdb
└─sdb1
vfat FAT32 1F56-06B0
sr0

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[RobinMember]

Seems the forum has mangled the output, and your console window is to small and adds line breaks. Should look that way:

$ lsblk -f
NAME   FSTYPE   FSVER LABEL          UUID                                 FSAVAIL FSUSE% MOUNTPOINTS
loop0  squashfs 4.0                                                             0   100% /live/linux
sda                                                                                      
├─sda1 ext4     1.0   rootantiX21    d82f9aa5-5c4f-4ada-97fd-31a86929bc7d   15,3G    31% /media/root
├─sda2 swap     1     swap           17ac2d3a-e01e-4126-b2d0-d8bfa288a27c                [SWAP]
├─sda3 ext4     1.0   home           e1992eca-60bf-41ff-8a42-08b9ee0f82af   45,2G     1% /media/home
└─sda4 ext4     1.0                  c48582a2-9e89-4d2c-9224-d6042480f9e7   17,2G    84% /media/sda4
sdb                                                                                      
├─sdb1 ext4     1.0   antiX-Live-usb c554d9a8-6a00-1d14-9fb2-eea83d9ce278    5,7G    80% /home/demo/Live-usb-storage
│                                                                                        /root/Live-usb-storage
│                                                                                        /live/boot-dev
└─sdb2 vfat     FAT32 ANTIX-UEFI     6AB0-6224                              35,9M    26% /media/ANTIX-UEFI
sr0                                                                                      
zram0                                                                                    [SWAP]

Hope you can make your output look similar.

Additional note: Your lsblk reveals there is no /dev/sdb2 partition present on your /dev/sdb device, so you don’t need an entry for it in fstab. Merely the new entry for /dev/sdb1 is needed. Don’t touch any other entries.

Windows is like a submarine. Open a window and serious problems will start.

[ninosMember]

when I open fstab it says:
# Pluggable devices are handled by uDev, they are not in fstab
UUID=ab5128e9-1bc2-4290-9338-b9ecd23d16b0 / ext4 discard,noatime 1 1
#-> /dev/sdb2
UUID=c5879efe-09ff-402c-9bc1-8bb1ac0ffd68 /media/c5879efe-09ff-402c-9bc1-8bb1ac0ffd68 ext4 users,noauto,exec 0 0
/dev/cdrom /media/cdrom iso9660 noauto,users,exec,ro 0 0
/dev/cdrw /media/cdrw iso9660 noauto,users,exec,rw 0 0
/dev/dvd /media/dvd udf noauto,users,exec,ro 0 0
/dev/dvdrw /media/dvdrw udf noauto,users,exec,rw 0 0
/dev/sr0 /media/sr0 auto noauto,users,exec,ro 0 0
/swap/swap swap swap defaults 0 0

please, tell me which part of the above
I should change with
#-> /dev/sdb1
UUID=1F56-06B0 /media/sdb1 vfat defaults,users,exec,umask=000,iocharset=utf8 0 0

and how I SAVE the edited leafpad text

• This reply was modified 10 months ago by ninos.

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[ninosMember]

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[RobinMember]

As you can see in your screenshot (below), the UUID is actually the 5th column, also for you.

ninos wrote:

please, tell me which part of the above I should change with …

You can replace this part, since you don’t have a sdb2 partition obviously, according to the lsblk output:

ninos wrote:

`#-> /dev/sdb2
UUID=c5879efe-09ff-402c-9bc1-8bb1ac0ffd68 /media/c5879efe-09ff-402c-9bc1-8bb1ac0ffd68 ext4 users,noauto,exec 0 0`

by that:

ninos wrote:

`#-> /dev/sdb1
UUID=1F56-06B0 /media/sdb1 vfat defaults,users,exec,umask=000,iocharset=utf8 0 0`

ninos wrote:

and how I SAVE the edited leafpad text

In leafpad click open the Menu “File”, then click therein on the entry “Save”.

Attachments:

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Windows is like a submarine. Open a window and serious problems will start.

[ninosMember]

I replaced it
saved it
closed the leafpad window
and the terminal
reboot

but NOTHING CHANGED

when I tried to open the big SSD with the file manager
it says the same thing:
udevil: denied 88: device /dev/sdb1 is an internal device and you’re not root

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[XaverMember]

edit:
/etc/udevil/udevil.conf

change line 137
from
‘# allowed_internal_devices = ‘
to
‘allowed_internal_devices = /dev/*’

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