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From: Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] User can mount/umount but not write to top the new drive
Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2012 22:00:01
Message-Id: CAK2H+eeDeY8=+dmAtKxj42fyA-eK-N2SMWpAGFvqxPmvVkt4jw@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] User can mount/umount but not write to top the new drive by Neil Bothwick
1 On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 2:39 PM, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote:
2 > On Mon, 9 Apr 2012 14:23:13 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote:
3 >
4 >> > [2] With Windows filesystem, there are mount options to set the
5 >> > default ownership, but that is a workaround for the differences
6 >> > between Linux and Windows metadata.
7 >
8 >> Thanks Neil. I guess that unless we figure out Canek's uid/gid options
9 >> I'll stick with chown, etc.
10 >
11 > The uid and gid options don't apply to ext? filesystems. Have another
12 > look at the man page and you'll see they are only listed for some
13 > non-Linux filesystems, in order to make them compatible with Linux
14 > ownerships and permissions.
15 >
16 >
17 > --
18 > Neil Bothwick
19 >
20 > God: What one human uses to persecute another.
21
22 Apparently Canek & I do need to read more carefully. I just zoomed in
23 on the gid stuff from searching. I should have read the whole area.
24 Thanks
25
26 OK, so mounting the drive and chown-ing as root is indeed the right way to go.
27
28 Thanks,
29 Mark