Funnily, my newly vfat-formatted USB stick is automatically mounted when I plug it in, nautilus sees it, I can access it, I can see the permissions in the nautilus right click dialog (755), I can create and delete files from command line:
$ touch/run/mount/christian/XXXX-XXXX/anyfile.txt
I can even move files (with Del key) into trash from within nautilus.
But when I try to create a new directory,a new file, or copy a file to that stick using nautilus in Arch linux, I just get the error message (German):
Fehler beim Kopieren nach »Datenträger 4,0 GB«.
Das Ziel ist schreibgeschützt
Which means: **Error copying to »Storage device 4,0 GB – Target is read-only«
I don't get it. It can't be on OS layer. I can touch, delete, renamy, copy anything on the command line. It must be something GNOME restricts. Is it necessary to be in a group in Arch/GNOME to write to USB devices? And why can I delete files (Move to trash and delete is possible from within nautilus!)
I am in the following groups:
sys lp wheel network video audio storage power libvirt users
Best Answer
Maybe it is related with this nautilus bug Nautilus says the USB stick is read only when it is not. Restarting nautilus clears the issue (at least temporally):