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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: USB crucial file recovery
Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2016 22:02:38
Message-Id: 20160901230217.5f99f8b7@phoucgh.digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: USB crucial file recovery by Kai Krakow
1 On Thu, 1 Sep 2016 23:50:17 +0200, Kai Krakow wrote:
2
3 > > > ext2 will work, but you'll have to mount it or chmod -R 0777, or
4 > > > only root will be able to access it.
5 > >
6 > > That's not true. Whoever owns the files and directories will be able
7 > > to access then, even if root mounted the stick, just like a hard
8 > > drive. If you have the same UID on all your systems, chown -R
9 > > youruser: /mount/point will make everything available on all
10 > > systems.
11 >
12 > As long as uids match...
13
14 That's what I said, whoever owns the files. As far as Linux is
15 concerned, the UID is the person, usernames are just a convenience
16 mapping to make life simpler for the wetware.
17
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19 --
20 Neil Bothwick
21
22 deja noo - reminds you of the last time you visited Scotland

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[gentoo-user] Re: USB crucial file recovery Kai Krakow <hurikhan77@×××××.com>