Cannot view files on Hackintosh (HFS+) in dual-boot Ubuntu

[Chemicalrubber]

I have a dual boot system with Ubuntu and Leopard. The files in the Documents folder and all the other user folders are unreadable from Lucid after mounting the HFS+ partition. The Users folder is accessible, then after going into my username folder most of the folders have an "X" in the bottom right corner and I can't open them. Except, the Public folder. What permission settings should I be using in this case?

[paulscode]

Are you able to access the files as super user? To do this graphically, open up terminal and enter:

sudo nautilus

That will open up a window with super user privilages, which may give you access to those directories. I actually haven't had a chance to play around with my HFS+ partition from within Ubuntu yet. I'll look into it this evening and post another repy if I find out anything.

[paulscode]

I checked, and "sudo nautilus" gives me access to all folders on my HFS+ partition.

[oldtopman]

I make a folder in my /media folder, change the owner to <username>, and mount it

cd /media
sudo mkdir <foldername>
sudo chown <username> <foldername>
sudo mount /dev/sd<hard drive number><Partition number>

GParted is very good for figuring out partition numbers and hard drive letters.

[srs5694]

I don't recommend running Nautilus as root (which is what "sudo nautilus" does), at least not on a regular basis. That's a good way to accidentally do real damage to a system.

 

Instead, I recommend synchronizing the user ID (UID) numbers on the two systems. Personally, I'd do this in Linux rather than in OS X, since I'm more familiar with Linux in this respect; but it could be done either way. I don't have time right now to write up detailed instructions, but a Google search on "chaging Linux UID values" or something similar should turn up some results.