Thumb Drive Issue

I just hooked up a usb thumb drive to my g4 mini and can see files but can't seem to write to it. I use a non admin account for daily usage, so do I need to be admin or give admin rights to the thumb drive for write access? If so, how would I do it?
Thnx.

Was this thumb drive by any chance formatted on a Windows PC using the NT file-system? (Macs can read, but not write to the NT file-system.)

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So, I would like to utilize a maximum-length Admin. password (255 characters?) without having to manually type it in each time I login, install/update software, or for any other reason. The perfect situation would be some type of script or software installation onto a USB pen drive (2 gig sony)which is inserted into the macbook (via usb) when the Leopard Login screen appears. It logs me in, then, afterwards, it creates a clickable icon on the desktop that achieves the same goal (entering a long admin password securely). And all of the above is achieved using the built-in security of Keychain access, without having to continuously mount and unmount the drive.
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