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From: Uwe Thiem <uwix@××××.na>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] how to access mounted dir with non-root?
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 16:22:07
Message-Id: 200508121707.32357.uwix@iway.na
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] how to access mounted dir with non-root? by danielhf@21cn.com
1 On 12 August 2005 16:33, danielhf@××××.com wrote:
2 > i've found that i could not access the mounted
3 > directory with non-root users.
4 > 1. i "chown" directories under "/mnt" to the user,
5 > but so long as i mount, the permission of the
6 > specific dir will be changed to "drwx------" and
7 > owner changed to root automatically.
8 > 2. i try to use a mount option "users",
9 > $> mount /dev/hda6 /mnt/win -o rw,users
10 > no luck somehow as well.
11 > 3. i would not use "sudo" to do this, i believe there is
12 > a way to solve the problem. and not sure "sudo" will work.
13
14 What filesystem is on hda6? Does it know anything about ownership and
15 permissions?
16
17 If not (like FAT) you need something like "mount -o
18 uid=youruser,gid=users,umask=0777"
19
20 Uwe
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Re: [gentoo-user] how to access mounted dir with non-root? Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>