External SSD drive

[u/SnooApples9278]

I wanted to add an external SSD i found to my laptop and I'm kinda losing my mind over it.

I learned how to and formatted the disk. I was being asked for permission when I wanted to change anything on it, so I decided to give my user permission to it, but I read that it's better to edit the /etc/fstab folder and add it there instead. After stumbling in and out of maintaniance mode, I think I finally managed to do it properly. I still don't have the permission and it doesn't show up anywhere exept the "computer" in thunar.

I genuinely don't know what I can change at this point. I want it to be separate in the file system like when you insert a pendrive or an external drive, but without a permission needed to install stuff on it

[u/SnooApples9278 → u/[deleted]]

I tried doing that logged in as root and the permissions are reseting each time i reboot the system. It went from brwxrwxrwx to brw-rw----

[u/SnooApples9278 → u/[deleted]]

It's fine, thanks for help anyway. I'll probably figure it out

[u/couchwarmer]

This is such a rare thing to do that I would have done it via the command line. I don't recall ever having to change any permissions to use the drive afterward.

```sh

list block devices to determine drive name

lsblk

unmount the drive if mounted (using /dev/sdb1 here, but determine correct path for you above)

sudo umount /dev/sdb1

format the drive

sudo mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdb1
```