Re: floppy mounted on diferent uid
> "J" == J A Serralheiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: J> Hi! Its been a while I'm having a small problem. Every time I mount J> a floppy using my usual username account, the floopy directory uid J> is set to a diferent uid. In this case, my sister's uid. The J> problem is that I cant mout/unmount, but cant write to the floppy. J> When I format it with ext2, using mkfs, the problem seems to go J> away, but latter returns. I have seen this problem somewhere else, J> also using debian, but I wasnt told how to fix it. Check /etc/fstab . On the line for /floppy, you will probably see the option `user'. Change that to `users' and you will be able to unmount a floppy regardless of who mounted it. As for the file permissions: A FAT (DOS-formatted) floppy has no user IDs stored on it, so Linux assigns the value of the user who mounted it. With an ext2 (or minix) floppy, the files do have owners, and Linux will respect the permissions the same way it does on your hard disk. You can change the permissions of the floppy root directory when it is mounted (chmod a+rw /floppy). If the floppy is not mounted, this will change the permissions of the mount point itself, and that is not what you want. -- G. ``Iggy'' Geens - ICQ: #64109250 Home: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Work: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> WWW: http://users.pandora.be/guy.geens/ `I want quality, not quantity. But I want lots of it!'
Re: floppy mounted on diferent uid
On Fri, Dec 21, 2001 at 12:10:41AM +, J.A.Serralheiro wrote: | Hi! Its been a while I'm having a small problem. Every time I mount a | floppy using my usual username account, the floopy directory uid is set to | a diferent uid. In this case, my sister's uid. The problem is that I cant | mout/unmount, but cant write to the floppy. When I format it with ext2, | using mkfs, the problem seems to go away, but latter returns. I have seen | this problem somewhere else, also using debian, but I wasnt told how to | fix it. I believe the problem is that you are using ext2 as the format, and your sister (or someone using her uid) wrote the file. Then you are trying to use your uid to read it. This is the downside to ext2 on removable media. As for a solution, perhaps minix or vfat? -D -- The Lord detests all the proud of heart. Be sure of this: They will not go unpunished. Proverbs 16:7
floppy mounted on diferent uid
Hi! Its been a while I'm having a small problem. Every time I mount a floppy using my usual username account, the floopy directory uid is set to a diferent uid. In this case, my sister's uid. The problem is that I cant mout/unmount, but cant write to the floppy. When I format it with ext2, using mkfs, the problem seems to go away, but latter returns. I have seen this problem somewhere else, also using debian, but I wasnt told how to fix it. Thank you for any help.
