Re: [ubuntu-uk] Changing File/Folder permissions
2009/4/28 mac : > Neil Greenwood wrote: >> Thanks mac. >> >> I was trying to avoid having to run a command every time I plug the >> drive in though. > > > I don't have to run it every time. Once assigned to the labelled drive, > the permissions are persistent. I'm looking at one of mine now, that I > just plugged in. It has mounted as if owned by the logged-in user on > this machine. (That's why I think you do have to 'sudo chown -R' the > drive to the current user - and it will then be owned by $USER). The > folder permissions are 755; files look to be 644, unless otherwise > specified. Ah! Maybe I should have tried it, rather than just expecting it to fail next time I plugged it in. Thanks for the feedback. I'll give it a go when I've finished upgrading... > (It's very useful to give the drive a label, so that it's always > referred to by the same name, and you aren't messing about with > different /dev names.) I already do this, at least with most of my removable drives. > Mine (several of them) just plug in and work, irrespective of who's the > logged-in user. Cofion, Neil. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Changing File/Folder permissions
Neil Greenwood wrote: > Thanks mac. > > I was trying to avoid having to run a command every time I plug the > drive in though. I don't have to run it every time. Once assigned to the labelled drive, the permissions are persistent. I'm looking at one of mine now, that I just plugged in. It has mounted as if owned by the logged-in user on this machine. (That's why I think you do have to 'sudo chown -R' the drive to the current user - and it will then be owned by $USER). The folder permissions are 755; files look to be 644, unless otherwise specified. (It's very useful to give the drive a label, so that it's always referred to by the same name, and you aren't messing about with different /dev names.) Mine (several of them) just plug in and work, irrespective of who's the logged-in user. HTH Mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Changing File/Folder permissions
2009/4/28 mac : > Neil Greenwood wrote: >> I have a similar issue with my ext3 formatted USB hard disk. >> >> When hotplugged, it's owned by root and I cannot create files or >> directories as my normal user. What do I need to change so that all >> users can create files/directories in the root when it's plugged in >> and automounted? > > Here's what I do: > > (Can't remember if I change the ownership with chown first. SIAS!) > > Mount the drive. Then > > chmod -R +w /media/ > > (And if you need to give it a label: > > To relabel do > > sudo e2label > > e.g. > sudo e2label /dev/sdg1 MyUSB > > > HTH > > mac > Thanks mac. I was trying to avoid having to run a command every time I plug the drive in though. Cofion/Regards, Neil. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Changing File/Folder permissions
Neil Greenwood wrote: > I have a similar issue with my ext3 formatted USB hard disk. > > When hotplugged, it's owned by root and I cannot create files or > directories as my normal user. What do I need to change so that all > users can create files/directories in the root when it's plugged in > and automounted? Here's what I do: (Can't remember if I change the ownership with chown first. SIAS!) Mount the drive. Then chmod -R +w /media/ (And if you need to give it a label: To relabel do sudo e2label e.g. sudo e2label /dev/sdg1 MyUSB HTH mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Changing File/Folder permissions
I have a similar issue with my ext3 formatted USB hard disk. When hotplugged, it's owned by root and I cannot create files or directories as my normal user. What do I need to change so that all users can create files/directories in the root when it's plugged in and automounted? Many thanks. Cofion/Regards, Neil. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Changing File/Folder permissions
Matthew Daubney wrote: > On Mon, 2009-04-27 at 14:28 +0100, mac wrote: >> Matthew Daubney wrote: >>> You can use the uid and gid options with mount to make it mount fat32 >>> drives as if you own all the files. e.g. >>> >>> sudo mount /dev/sdX /media/MOUNTPOINT -o uid=1000,gid=1000 >> >> That's useful to know. I guess, though, you couldn't preserve other >> ownerships / permissions if you tried to rsync to a FAT32 drive? >> >> mac > > Unfortunately not, as those things are stored by the file system. You > can set the default permissions for things though, but I can't remember > the option for that off the top of my head. > > -Matt Daubney > I usually use a umask=0022 option in the particular entry in /etc/fstab - that works for me. Dan -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Changing File/Folder permissions
On Mon, 2009-04-27 at 14:28 +0100, mac wrote: > Matthew Daubney wrote: > > You can use the uid and gid options with mount to make it mount fat32 > > drives as if you own all the files. e.g. > > > > sudo mount /dev/sdX /media/MOUNTPOINT -o uid=1000,gid=1000 > > > That's useful to know. I guess, though, you couldn't preserve other > ownerships / permissions if you tried to rsync to a FAT32 drive? > > mac Unfortunately not, as those things are stored by the file system. You can set the default permissions for things though, but I can't remember the option for that off the top of my head. -Matt Daubney signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Changing File/Folder permissions
2009/4/27 Matthew Daubney > On Mon, 2009-04-27 at 12:57 +0100, Stephen Garton wrote: > > Afternoon All, > > > > I have a spare drive in my machine, formatted as fat32. All of the > > folders in this drive (automounts to /media/storage) as listed as > > being owned by root. When I try to change this (I've tried sudo chown > > -R and sudo nautilus) I get permission denied errors. > > > > Any idea why this would be, and/or how I can change the permissions to > > my user? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Steve Garton > > sheepeatingtaz.co.uk > > You can use the uid and gid options with mount to make it mount fat32 > drives as if you own all the files. e.g. > > sudo mount /dev/sdX /media/MOUNTPOINT -o uid=1000,gid=1000 > > HTH > > -Matt Daubney > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > > Cheers Matt (and Chris), I'll edit fstab to add these options see if that helps. Steve Garton sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Changing File/Folder permissions
Matthew Daubney wrote: > You can use the uid and gid options with mount to make it mount fat32 > drives as if you own all the files. e.g. > > sudo mount /dev/sdX /media/MOUNTPOINT -o uid=1000,gid=1000 That's useful to know. I guess, though, you couldn't preserve other ownerships / permissions if you tried to rsync to a FAT32 drive? mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Changing File/Folder permissions
On Mon, April 27, 2009 12:57, Stephen Garton wrote: > Afternoon All, > > I have a spare drive in my machine, formatted as fat32. All of the > folders in this drive (automounts to /media/storage) as listed as > being owned by root. When I try to change this (I've tried sudo > chown -R and sudo nautilus) I get permission denied errors. > > Any idea why this would be, and/or how I can change the permissions > to my user? > > Thanks, I'm not infront of a linux box at the moment so I can't test this, but you should be able to set the permissions when you mount the drive. sudo mount -t vfat /dev/ / -ouid=1000,gid=1000 or something similar, check "man mount" for more info/exact command. You can do something similar in /etc/fstab too, so you can have it happen automagically on boot. -- Chris Bannister email/msn/jabber: ch...@suddenmoves.org.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Changing File/Folder permissions
On Mon, 2009-04-27 at 12:57 +0100, Stephen Garton wrote: > Afternoon All, > > I have a spare drive in my machine, formatted as fat32. All of the > folders in this drive (automounts to /media/storage) as listed as > being owned by root. When I try to change this (I've tried sudo chown > -R and sudo nautilus) I get permission denied errors. > > Any idea why this would be, and/or how I can change the permissions to > my user? > > Thanks, > > Steve Garton > sheepeatingtaz.co.uk You can use the uid and gid options with mount to make it mount fat32 drives as if you own all the files. e.g. sudo mount /dev/sdX /media/MOUNTPOINT -o uid=1000,gid=1000 HTH -Matt Daubney signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Changing File/Folder permissions
2009/4/27 mac > Stephen Garton wrote: > > I have a spare drive in my machine, formatted as fat32... > > Any idea why this would be, and/or how I can change the permissions to my > > user? > > AFAIK you can't set permissions on FAT32 > > mac > > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > Cheers mac, Looks like I'm going to have to find some spare drives to move ~150GB of data off so I can reformat as ext3! PS, it's only fat32 as I used to have it in a net disk caddy that required it, I just moved it from thecaddy with it's data intact into a machine. Cheers, Steve Garton sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Changing File/Folder permissions
Stephen Garton wrote: > I have a spare drive in my machine, formatted as fat32... > Any idea why this would be, and/or how I can change the permissions to my > user? AFAIK you can't set permissions on FAT32 mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Changing File/Folder permissions
Afternoon All, I have a spare drive in my machine, formatted as fat32. All of the folders in this drive (automounts to /media/storage) as listed as being owned by root. When I try to change this (I've tried sudo chown -R and sudo nautilus) I get permission denied errors. Any idea why this would be, and/or how I can change the permissions to my user? Thanks, Steve Garton sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
