Bob Bernstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I'm trying to mount an msdos partition so that users logged into Linux
> can create files on it. I only have luck if I set gid=(group for a given
> user) as an option for the mount command.
This is a reasonable way to do it.
> For instance, users bernie and bobbern belong to group 'users'. If I set
> gid=100 (group 'users' gid) then user bernie cannot, say, copy files to
> the mounted msdos partition. But if I set gid=1000 (user 'bernie' gid),
> then bernie can copy files to the mounted partition. In both cases I use
> a mount option 'umask=002', which gives 'group' permission to create and
> delete files, does it not?
It should work. You did check, that "bernie" is really a member of group
users? The command "groups" will show you the groups the user belongs to.
> Last question: do the permissions (and/or group/owner) set for the mount
> point prior to mounting have anything to do with this? (Just in case I
> set them to drwxrwxr-x, which should give group create and delete
> permission.)
No, they don't.
Ciao,
Martin
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