On Wednesday 15 December 2010 16:20:32 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > J. Roeleveld <jo...@antarean.org> [10-12-15 16:00]: > > On Wednesday 15 December 2010 15:41:25 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > > Neil Bothwick <n...@digimed.co.uk> [10-12-15 15:40]: > > > > On Wed, 15 Dec 2010 15:13:31 +0100, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > > > > And this happens to any mountpoint I mount that device on > > > > > regardless of its perm settings before the mount > > > > > > > > With nothing mounted on it, the mount point's permission are those of > > > > the directory. As soon as you mount something on it, the mount point > > > > has the ownership and permissions of the root of the filesystem that > > > > you just mounted there. In the same way that the contents of the > > > > filesystem appear at the mount point, so does the metadata, so > > > > change the permissions after mounting. > > > > > > ...unfortunately (as root) > > > > > > cd /tmp > > > chmod 1777 . > > > > > > does not help... > > > > I don't think you can change the permissions like that. > > Try: > > cd / > > chmod 1777 /tmp > > > > To remove the "s"-bits, try the following: > > cd / > > chmod u-s /tmp > > chmod g-s /tmp > > > > This, however, needs to be done while the "/tmp" filesystem is mounted. > > Otherwise you are only changing the mount-point (directory) not the > > actual filesystem. > > > > -- > > Joost > > interesting... > Until now, I thought '.' is equal to the directory I am in.
That's true, but not entirely :) I don't think "chmod" is supposed to work that way :) > Ok, times is changing, me too, but as it seems not fast enough ;) Times are changing, so are people, but there are too many changes occuring for people to pick the "right" changes :) > Thanks a lot... thats fix it! You're welcome :) -- Joost
