[gentoo-user] Re: [OT] ext3 file permissions on a USB drive

[»Q«]

In <20090315220009.6a701622@××××××××××××××××××.uk>,
Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote:

> On Sun, 15 Mar 2009 16:16:05 -0500, »Q« wrote:
>
> > What I'd like is for all files created on the drive to have
> > permissions 666, but I don't see any way to  override
> > the system umask (0022) for only this drive.
>
> If you don't want to change the system umask, and you probably don't,

I definitely don't!

> ACLs are the best way to do what you want.

I was really afraid you'd say that, heh.  ACLs are on my to-learn-about
list, but were pretty far down it.  I guess they just moved up a few
notches.

Seriously, thanks for the pointer.  If I do decide to try that approach,
I'll post back hw it worked out.

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»Q«
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