On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 12:21:18AM +0200, Christoph Groth wrote: > Hi, > > I'd like to share the data saved on an external USB drive between > different (GNU/Linux) machines, each having different users. Each user > should be able to mount the drive and read and write any files as he or > she pleases. The users aren't necessary root themselves. > > Is there a way to implement such a scheme with a non-windows filesystem > like ext3? > > I understand how Unix file permissions work. However, for a removable > drive which might be connected to different systems (with completely > unrelated uids/gids), assigning fixed uids/gids to files just doesn't > make any sense.
This is untested ... Use: user = nobody 65534 group = users 100 or nogroup 65534 Then use BSD type file permission schemr using set GID trick to the mount point directory as root only when you start using it. $ sudo chmod 5775 /mount/point/ Let each system mount it automatically. Does not this work for you? > What's the best FS for sharing data between unrelated Linux systems? Is > it really FAT or NTFS? > > Thanks, > Christoph > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87hb55ku8x....@falma.de -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110905152202.ga15...@debian.org