try to set the umask to something like 022...should solve your problem On 9/11/07, Jelle V. M. De Pot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > There is this: > http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net/ext2.html > > I use it to access my portable harddisc under win2k systems... my harddisc > is formatted under ext3... it works fine. You might as well create 2 > partitions (or more) so you can create different formatted paritions for > whetever your need is. As sometimes you might not be able to install the > e2fs programs for any reason on a windows box etc.... > > Well good luck, > Jelle > > > P.S. further searches showed this: > The Sleuth Kit <http://sourceforge.net/projects/sleuthkit/> 100.00% > 95.79% > 8,279<http://sourceforge.net/project/stats/rank_history.php?group_id=55685&ugn=sleuthkit> > 2002-06-13 2007-06-13 120,598 The Sleuth Kit is a collection of open source > file system forensics tools > that allow one to view allocated and deleted data from NTFS, FAT, FFS, and > EXT2FS images. The Autopsy Forensic Browser provides a graphical interface > to The Sleuth Kit. Members > (1)<http://sourceforge.net/project/memberlist.php?group_id=55685> > > - Topic: > *Security<http://sourceforge.net/softwaremap/trove_list.php?form_cat=43> > *, > Filesystems<http://sourceforge.net/softwaremap/trove_list.php?form_cat=142> > > - User Interface: > Command-line<http://sourceforge.net/softwaremap/trove_list.php?form_cat=459> > - Translations: > English<http://sourceforge.net/softwaremap/trove_list.php?form_cat=275> > - Programming Language: > C<http://sourceforge.net/softwaremap/trove_list.php?form_cat=164> > - Operating System: OS > X<http://sourceforge.net/softwaremap/trove_list.php?form_cat=309>, > FreeBSD<http://sourceforge.net/softwaremap/trove_list.php?form_cat=203>, > OpenBSD<http://sourceforge.net/softwaremap/trove_list.php?form_cat=205>, > Linux<http://sourceforge.net/softwaremap/trove_list.php?form_cat=201>, > Solaris<http://sourceforge.net/softwaremap/trove_list.php?form_cat=207>, > All POSIX (Linux/BSD/UNIX-like > OSes)<http://sourceforge.net/softwaremap/trove_list.php?form_cat=200>, > All BSD Platforms (FreeBSD/NetBSD/OpenBSD/Apple Mac OS > X)<http://sourceforge.net/softwaremap/trove_list.php?form_cat=202> > - License: IBM Public > License<http://sourceforge.net/softwaremap/trove_list.php?form_cat=191>, > Common Public > License<http://sourceforge.net/softwaremap/trove_list.php?form_cat=307> > - Development Status: 5 - > Production/Stable<http://sourceforge.net/softwaremap/trove_list.php?form_cat=11> > > Download<http://sourceforge.net/project/platformdownload.php?group_id=55685> > Search > Code<http://sourceforge.krugle.com/kse/files?project=%22The%20Sleuth%20Kit%22> > ext2fs > support for Mac OS X <http://sourceforge.net/projects/macext2fs/> 26.52% > 15.55% > 165,883<http://sourceforge.net/project/stats/rank_history.php?group_id=56441&ugn=macext2fs> > 2002-06-24 (none) 0 Add support for ext2fs in Mac OS X / Darwin. Members > (1) <http://sourceforge.net/project/memberlist.php?group_id=56441> > > - > > > LinuxFS Mount GUI for > Windows<http://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxfsforwin/> > 25.00% > 20.92% > 155,337<http://sourceforge.net/project/stats/rank_history.php?group_id=75200&ugn=linuxfsforwin> > 2003-02-27 (none) 0 The LinuxFS Mount GUI for Windows aims to integrate > your native and extended > Linux filesystems into Windows. The program makes heavy use of third party > filesystem drivers in integrating by demand your ext2fs partition (and soon > hopefully even more). Members > (1)<http://sourceforge.net/project/memberlist.php?group_id=75200> > > > *"Steven R. Loomis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* wrote: > > You can get ext2 for macosx. It's a unix but not a linux machine, > and ext2 is of linux origin :) > > I think http://sourceforge.net/projects/ext2fsx/ is the one to use, > it's been a while. > Backwards and forward compatible with ext3, but it won't be journaled > while mounted. > > You could have an ext2 image that's stored on the usb disk - or, > actually, just keep the tarfile on the usb disk.. > > Also see 'man mount'. You might be able to do something like 'mount > … -o umask=XXX dmask=YYY fmask=ZZZ' where X,Y,Z are masks to use. > > I don't think it is setting the permissions to 700, it's just not > preserving or storing any permissions > > -s > > > On 11 Set 2007, at 08:55, Graham Petley wrote: > > > When I untar a file onto a USB disk which has been formatted with > > FAT, all the > > file permissions are 700. The original permissions on the files in > > the tar > > archive have been lost (they are mostly 644 and 755). > > > > This is a problem if you are working on a remote Windows computer > > with a live > > CD and your data on a USB disk. Any modifications to files on the > > USB disk have > > to have their permissions laboriously edited by hand on a Linux system > > afterwards. It's possible to reformat the USB disk to say Ext2, but > > then it > > can't be read on a Windows PC or even a MAC (which is really > > surprising since a > > MAC is a Unix machine, but that's the way it is). > > > > When I was in the UK recently I checked a number of Linux books for > > information > > on workarounds to this problem, but all the books ignored it. No > > discussion at > > all. Yet FAT is a crude file system and USB disks a good way to > > store data. Am > > I missing something here ... is there a good way to keep file > > permissions on a > > USB disk which is readable by Linux, MAC and Windows computers? > > > > Best regards, Graham Petley > > _______________________________________________ > > MLUG-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mailserv.megabyte.net/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > > _______________________________________________ > MLUG-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailserv.megabyte.net/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > > > ------------------------------ > Need a vacation? Get great deals to amazing places > <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=48256/*http://travel.yahoo.com/;_ylc=X3oDMTFhN2hucjlpBF9TAzk3NDA3NTg5BHBvcwM1BHNlYwNncm91cHMEc2xrA2VtYWlsLW5jbQ-->on > Yahoo! Travel. > > > _______________________________________________ > MLUG-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailserv.megabyte.net/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > >
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