Re: Questions on fstab
I will try that Mike. The second "user" or the first or both? Hmm, about the virus, that is probably true. But in all honesty i use linux more than windows anyway, as long as it didn't get to my mbr i would be ok, which it probably couldn't do cuz it would have to execute windows api's right? Anyhow I will change both to users. In trolling around "man vfat" and "man mount" i didn't see any option for users. I got the current settings from a webpage on linuxvooodoo.com: "if you want to make sure that all users can use the drive freely, then this column should read: user, auto, dev, exec, user, rw. http://www.linuxvoodoo.com/newbies/mounting/mounting2.php"; Very good explanation other than that it doesn't work... I know my e-mail was unclear. In trying to make sure i got my point across i tried to be more wordy than usual, in doing so i kinda of got... lost. Thanks Mike, I'll wait to change it to users just because I didn't see it in the man files. If no one else chimes in, I guess I'll just try it and see how it works? Is no one else writing files to their windows drive as a user? -Brandon On Sat, 2002-01-26 at 04:37, Michael Scottaline wrote: > On 25 Jan 2002 17:52:00 -0800 > Brandon Dorman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribbled in frustration: > > > Hello, > > > > Below is a copy of my /etc/fstab. I can't seem to be able to tweak it > > so that upon booting, my normal user account can write to say, the > > windows drive (mounted as /dev/hde1, /c of course) I'd like the same > > user writing priviledges while staying automounted for the other drives > > that at the current have the same settings as the c drive right now. > > I'm running RH 7.2 with kernel 2.4.17 and the latest ximian gnome and > > rh7.2 updates. > === > Just a guess here: > Try changing "user" to "users" > > While "user" allows anyone to mount or umount a drive, ONLY the one who > mounts owns the device and can umount it. Since /dev/hde1 is being > mounted on boot, it is owned by root. "users" allows anyone to umount a > device whether they were the ones to mount it or not, I believe. Perhaps > that would allow any user to write to the drive also? > > Worth a try??? > > Mike > > PS: There are some security concerns with this method I would think. > Perhaps winblows virii ignored by Linux would be able to make their way to > your Win partition, now with write privileges ;-( > > -- > "Many loads of beer were brought. What disorder, whoring, > fighting, killing, and dreadful idolatry took place there." > Baltasar Rusow, Estonia, mid 16th Century > > > > ___ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: Questions on fstab
On 25 Jan 2002 17:52:00 -0800 Brandon Dorman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribbled in frustration: > Hello, > > Below is a copy of my /etc/fstab. I can't seem to be able to tweak it > so that upon booting, my normal user account can write to say, the > windows drive (mounted as /dev/hde1, /c of course) I'd like the same > user writing priviledges while staying automounted for the other drives > that at the current have the same settings as the c drive right now. > I'm running RH 7.2 with kernel 2.4.17 and the latest ximian gnome and > rh7.2 updates. === Just a guess here: Try changing "user" to "users" While "user" allows anyone to mount or umount a drive, ONLY the one who mounts owns the device and can umount it. Since /dev/hde1 is being mounted on boot, it is owned by root. "users" allows anyone to umount a device whether they were the ones to mount it or not, I believe. Perhaps that would allow any user to write to the drive also? Worth a try??? Mike PS: There are some security concerns with this method I would think. Perhaps winblows virii ignored by Linux would be able to make their way to your Win partition, now with write privileges ;-( -- "Many loads of beer were brought. What disorder, whoring, fighting, killing, and dreadful idolatry took place there." Baltasar Rusow, Estonia, mid 16th Century ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: Questions on fstab
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Brandon Dorman wrote: >Hello, > >Below is a copy of my /etc/fstab. I can't seem to be able to tweak it >so that upon booting, my normal user account can write to say, the >windows drive (mounted as /dev/hde1, /c of course) Well, your message is a little confusing, but I think you'll find what you need in the man page for mount. In particular, the option 'user' will allow normal users to mount a volume. You can also specify a permissions mode for the mounted volume, if you choose, and/or a UID/GID (some options are available only for specific types of filesystems, such as the msdos/vfat volume you're mounting). - -d -- David Talkington PGP key: http://www.prairienet.org/~dtalk/0xCA4C11AD.pgp - -- http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/pale_blue_dot.html -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGP 6.5.8 Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.75-6 iQA/AwUBPFJBJr9BpdPKTBGtEQIPUACfb/sE8Fe2J7KSHMAoEJ3XfgFZ7pIAoMqY UVM9k2d2LgZxeedqlY52QICm =vooV -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Questions on fstab
Hello, Below is a copy of my /etc/fstab. I can't seem to be able to tweak it so that upon booting, my normal user account can write to say, the windows drive (mounted as /dev/hde1, /c of course) I'd like the same user writing priviledges while staying automounted for the other drives that at the current have the same settings as the c drive right now. I'm running RH 7.2 with kernel 2.4.17 and the latest ximian gnome and rh7.2 updates. Thanks, Brandon LABEL=/ / ext3defaults 1 1 /dev/hde1 /c vfat user,auto,dev,exec,user,rw 0 0 none/dev/ptsdevpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0 /dev/hde9 /docs vfat user,auto,dev,exec,user,rw0 0 /dev/hde6 /home ext3defaults 1 2 LABEL=/home/Brandon/pr /home/Brandon/programs ext3defaults 1 2 /dev/hde5 /mp3vfat user,auto,dev,exec,user,rw0 0 /dev/hdf3 /mp3s ext3 user,auto,dev,exec,user,rw1 2 /dev/hde8 /pics vfat user,auto,dev,exec,user,rw0 0 none/proc procdefaults 0 0 none/dev/shmtmpfs defaults 0 0 /dev/hdf7 swapswapdefaults 0 0 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0 /dev/cdrom1 /mnt/cdrom1 iso9660 noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0 /dev/fd0/mnt/floppy auto noauto,owner,kudzu 0 0 (of course some of the formatting is off right now, don't worry it should all be correct in the real ftab, just the options should need changing.) _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
