Hi. So, I have found out (by trying to run some steam games installed there) one of my HDDs is locked behind a root ownership (no idea how THAT happened) and that I am unable to change that.
I tried the right-click menu (ownership to active user, and the ownership to… where I put shambhu:shambhu), I tried
sudo chown shambhu:shambhu /run/media/shambhu/Sirius
sudo chown -R shambhu:shambhu /run/media/shambhu/Sirius/
sudo chown -R shambhu:shambhu /run/media/shambhu/Sirius/Games
Sirius is the label of the disk. It is NTFS. I have other NTFS partitions and those are set to ‘shambhu:shambhu’ natively and work without a problem.
I tried to only change the Games folder ownership to no avail either.
It always acts as if it does the thing, but does nothing.
I tried unmounting and mounting it back (as read in some forum), with nothing changing.
Seems like a simple thing, but I am baffled here. Still a newb, obviously. 
Any help appreciated.
System:
Host: LoveMuscle420 Kernel: 6.11.5-1-cachyos-bore arch: x86_64 bits: 64
compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1 clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-cachyos-bore
root=UUID=3f58c44e-e9a6-482f-bdfc-b5b52590c6b1 rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.2.1 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.7.0
wm: kwin_x11 with: plank vt: 2 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: Gigabyte model: B85M-D3H v: x.x
serial: <superuser required> uuid: <superuser required>
UEFI: American Megatrends v: F15 date: 08/20/2015
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i5-4690K bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Haswell
gen: core 4 level: v3 note: check built: 2013-15 process: Intel 22nm
family: 6 model-id: 0x3C (60) stepping: 3 microcode: 0x28
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 4 cores: 4 smt: <unsupported> cache:
L1: 256 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB desc: 4x256 KiB
L3: 6 MiB desc: 1x6 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 798 min/max: 800/3900 scaling: driver: intel_cpufreq
governor: schedutil cores: 1: 798 2: 798 3: 798 4: 798 bogomips: 27936
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT
disabled
Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT disabled
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations
Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: retbleed status: Not affected
Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
prctl
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines; IBPB: conditional; IBRS_FW;
STIBP: disabled; RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not
affected
Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GA104 [GeForce RTX 3070] vendor: Gigabyte driver: nvidia
v: 560.35.03 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 550.xx+ status: current
(as of 2024-09; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Ampere code: GAxxx
process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-2023 pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s
lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s ports: active: none
off: HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3, HDMI-A-2, HDMI-A-3 bus-ID: 01:00.0
chip-ID: 10de:2484 class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.13 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.3
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: nvidia unloaded: modesetting
alternate: fbdev,nouveau,nv,vesa gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch
display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 92 s-size: 530x301mm (20.87x11.85")
s-diag: 610mm (24")
Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-0 note: disabled model: HP 24f
serial: 3CM1180T95 built: 2021 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 93 gamma: 1.2
size: 527x296mm (20.75x11.65") diag: 604mm (23.8") ratio: 16:9 modes:
max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia device: 2
drv: swrast gbm: drv: nvidia surfaceless: drv: nvidia x11: drv: nvidia
inactive: wayland,device-1
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 560.35.03
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070/PCIe/SSE2
memory: 7.81 GiB
API: Vulkan v: 1.3.295 layers: 7 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu
name: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 driver: nvidia v: 560.35.03
device-ID: 10de:2484 surfaces: xcb,xlib device: 1 type: cpu name: llvmpipe
(LLVM 18.1.8 256 bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe v: 24.2.5-arch1.1 (LLVM
18.1.8) device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: xcb,xlib
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 8 Series/C220 Series High Definition Audio vendor: Gigabyte
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:8c20
class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA GA104 High Definition Audio vendor: Gigabyte
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:228b
class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.11.5-1-cachyos-bore status: kernel-api tools: N/A
Server-1: sndiod v: N/A status: off tools: aucat,midicat,sndioctl
Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.2.5 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Gigabyte driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 1 port: d000 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp3s0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: half mac: fc:aa:14:28:5a:d5
Info: services: NetworkManager, smbd, systemd-timesyncd
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 3.31 TiB used: 3.02 TiB (91.4%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Western Digital
model: WD10EZEX-22MFCA0 size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B
logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: WD-WCC6Y2PT4P6P
fw-rev: 1A01 scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Kingston model: SUV400S37240G
size: 223.57 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: 50026B777403406F fw-rev: 37R5 scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Apacer model: AS350 1TB
size: 953.87 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: 51990732052800101135 fw-rev: 5PE0 scheme: GPT
ID-4: /dev/sdd maj-min: 8:48 vendor: Western Digital
model: WD1002FAEX-00Y9A0 size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s tech: N/A serial: WD-WCAW34198349
fw-rev: 1D05 scheme: MBR
ID-5: /dev/sde maj-min: 8:64 vendor: SanDisk model: USB 3.2Gen1
size: 232.97 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: USB
rev: 2.1 spd: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 tech: N/A
serial: 00003503033024021824 fw-rev: 1.00 scheme: MBR
SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
ID-6: /dev/sdf maj-min: 8:80 vendor: Kingston model: DataTraveler 3.0
size: 115.5 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: USB
rev: 2.1 spd: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 tech: N/A
serial: E0D55E55CC73E3A01957DDE1 fw-rev: PMAP scheme: MBR
SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 62.61 GiB size: 62.61 GiB (100.00%)
used: 27.83 GiB (44.5%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdb6 maj-min: 8:22
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 556 MiB size: 554.9 MiB (99.80%)
used: 584 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sdb8 maj-min: 8:24
ID-3: /home raw-size: 54.83 GiB size: 54.83 GiB (100.00%)
used: 48.47 GiB (88.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdb7 maj-min: 8:23
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 62.61 GiB size: 62.61 GiB (100.00%)
used: 27.83 GiB (44.5%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdb6 maj-min: 8:22
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 62.61 GiB size: 62.61 GiB (100.00%)
used: 27.83 GiB (44.5%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdb6 maj-min: 8:22
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 23.42 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
comp: zstd avail: lzo,lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,842 max-streams: 4 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 35.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 49 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 0%
Info:
Memory: total: 24 GiB available: 23.42 GiB used: 5.2 GiB (22.2%)
Processes: 345 Power: uptime: 17m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 9.31 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 256 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1860 libs: 545 tools: octopi,pamac,paru
Compilers: clang: 18.1.8 gcc: 14.2.1 Shell: fish v: 3.7.1
running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.36
EDIT: So, you have flagged this with the 412, huh. Really nice.
Not that the suggestion you so eloquently put out is THE EXACT THING I STATED TO TRY AND TO HAVE NO EFFECT.
You have just flooded it with useless “solutions” (to different issues from mine as I am able to mount and read from the disk) from 14 years ago and discarded it, huh?
Awesome job, well done.
The “solution” from the “answer”:
It was in ntfs so I could access from Windows too (fat32 is too slow). But I don’t have to worry about any more so I’m gonna reformat it.
I don’t know how to change the way it’s mounted with thunar-volman.
Next time try to read a bit slower, buddy…
Also, I did not MISS garuda-inxi. are you actually blind, or something? or just full of spite? smh.
