On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 12:21:18AM +0200, Christoph Groth wrote:
Hi,
I'd like to share the data saved on an external USB drive between
different (GNU/Linux) machines, each having different users. Each user
should be able to mount the drive and read and write any files as he or
she pleases.
Putting a directory like /tmp (with the same permissions on the USB drive)
would allow any user to create files and directories there. If this user sets
permissions for own files to allow others to read and write, any other user is
able to overwrite the contents of this files.
Any user can mount
Christoph Groth c...@falma.de writes:
Lars Maes lars.m...@gmail.com writes:
Why not use an UDF filesystem, that is used on DVD discs?
Indeed, this seems to work well. It is a better option than VFAT and
NTFS. I didn't know that the filesystem of DVDs is also usable for
rewriteable media,
Lars Maes lars.m...@gmail.com writes:
Why not use an UDF filesystem, that is used on DVD discs?
Indeed, this seems to work well. It is a better option than VFAT and
NTFS. I didn't know that the filesystem of DVDs is also usable for
rewriteable media, but I have learned that UDF has been
On Sun, 28 Aug 2011 19:18:35 -0400
shawn wilson ag4ve...@gmail.com wrote:
I don't understand what is hard about this. I mean if you don't care
about security, just make sure the mount has a umask of 770 (or
whatever) and make an export, reload exports, and mount it from
wherever you want.
On Fri, 26 Aug 2011 08:41:35 +0200
Christoph Groth c...@falma.de wrote:
Robert Blair Mason Jr. r...@verizon.net writes:
Christoph Groth c...@falma.de wrote:
Will something like the following work? This works on any filesystem
using standard unix permissions (such as ext*, ufs,
On Sun, 28 Aug 2011 10:01:05 -0400
Robert Blair Mason Jr. r...@verizon.net wrote:
I understand OSX doesn't help anyone here... perhaps someone could
request an implementation of this command in the mount source code?
It seems simple - just check if the filesystem has noowners set and if
so,
I don't understand what is hard about this. I mean if you don't care about
security, just make sure the mount has a umask of 770 (or whatever) and make
an export, reload exports, and mount it from wherever you want.
What am I missing?
Also, if you want to call osx Unix, call it broken unix. Most
Robert Blair Mason Jr. r...@verizon.net writes:
Christoph Groth c...@falma.de wrote:
Blair Mason r...@verizon.net writes:
Permission schemes on removable media are not too powerful annyway,
as anyone with root on any machine can change them... my $0.02.
Exactly -- I wonder whether
shawn wilson ag4ve...@gmail.com writes:
On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 19:02, Christoph Groth c...@falma.de wrote:
Blair Mason r...@verizon.net writes:
Permission schemes on removable media are not too powerful annyway, as
anyone with root on any machine can change them... my $0.02.
Exactly -- I
Hi Christoph,
Why not use an UDF filesystem, that is used on DVD discs?
Christoph Groth schreef in bericht news:87hb55ku8x@falma.de...
Hi,
I'd like to share the data saved on an external USB drive between
different (GNU/Linux) machines, each having different users. Each user
should
Hi,
I'd like to share the data saved on an external USB drive between
different (GNU/Linux) machines, each having different users. Each user
should be able to mount the drive and read and write any files as he or
she pleases. The users aren't necessary root themselves.
Is there a way to
Can you use the other permission set? Or does it need to be specifically those
users only? Permission schemes on removable media are not too powerful annyway,
as anyone with root on any machine can change them... my $0.02.
--
rbmj
Blair Mason r...@verizon.net writes:
Permission schemes on removable media are not too powerful annyway, as
anyone with root on any machine can change them... my $0.02.
Exactly -- I wonder whether there are any decent (modern features,
public specification, nice free implementation, etc.)
On Fri, 26 Aug 2011 01:02:57 +0200
Christoph Groth c...@falma.de wrote:
Blair Mason r...@verizon.net writes:
Permission schemes on removable media are not too powerful annyway,
as anyone with root on any machine can change them... my $0.02.
Exactly -- I wonder whether there are any
On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 19:02, Christoph Groth c...@falma.de wrote:
Blair Mason r...@verizon.net writes:
Permission schemes on removable media are not too powerful annyway, as
anyone with root on any machine can change them... my $0.02.
Exactly -- I wonder whether there are any decent
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