On Sat 19 Nov 2016 at 19:51:06 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 11/19/2016 5:07 PM, Brian wrote: > >On Sat 19 Nov 2016 at 12:51:58 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > >>I use fat16 and fat32 formatted USB flash drives for _EXACTLY_ *ONE* > >>purpose. > >>It is to transfer data to/from a Windows machine. > >>There is NO [nor will there ever be] a network connection between them. > > > >No connection to the internet. No connection to the local network. Has a > >Debian machine ever been so emasculated? Plus it has nothing to do with > >the problem posed. > > > >>When I plug one into my Debian machine I want totally unfettered read/write > >>access. > >>[when logged in as root or *ANY* user ID] > > > >The recent thread "parted is ALMOST suitable" has a post > >with the line > > > > Wheezy has /etc/udev/rules.d/91-permissions.rules; Jessie doesn't. > > > >Perhaps if you reread that portion of the thread and ask yourself: > > > > Wheezy has /etc/udev/rules.d/91-permissions.rules; what would happen > > if Jessie did too? > > > >>{any one notice a tone of frustration ;/} > > > >No. But we will waited with baited breath for you to report back on the > >suggestion. > > > > > *NON SRQUITURE* (s)
Sorry. I took "unfettered read/write" access as a user to mean partition/format in addition to writing a file to the disk. Doesn't pmount fit the bill if all you want is to read/write? -- Brian.