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On Mon, 9 Apr 2012 12:59:31 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: |
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> In the past I've gotten around this by having root mount the drive |
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> and then change ownership to mark:users once it's mounted. Linux |
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> remembers I've done that once and no longer requires me to do anything |
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> else as root. |
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That's right, the root of the filesystem is now owned by mark. |
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> Is that truly required or is there a way to give the user access to |
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> the top of the new mount point without roots' involvement? |
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Not with a Linux filesystem[1][2], because the filesystem is owned by |
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root, so only root can change that. |
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[1] This isn't strictly true as you can do it with ACLs, but that is far |
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more complex than simply chowning the root of the filesystem if that is |
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all you need. |
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[2] With Windows filesystem, there are mount options to set the default |
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ownership, but that is a workaround for the differences between Linux and |
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Windows metadata. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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TROI : What am I sensing?? I'm sensing INCOMPETENCE, you pretentious |
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bald pseudo-French dickweed! |