Re: [newbie] make partition/dir r/w dor all

2003-12-13 Thread Johan
Hi, Ok, this was given to me by Izak and done yesterday...still working after overnight reboot...Thanks to all that responded to my question.. *** Just chmod /mnt/backup to 1777. That way it is sticky and writable by any one. Sticky means anyone can create files, but you cannot delete files

[newbie] make partition/dir r/w dor all

2003-12-12 Thread Johan
Hi, /dev/hdg8 /mnt/backup ext3 rw,users,exec,auto,suid 0 0 What else need I put in this line to make it rw for all, Please. I do not like to change to su every time I want to write something there. Looking in the *man mount* it seems I done all - maybe missed some? Thanks -- Johan May

Re: [newbie] make partition/dir r/w dor all

2003-12-12 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Friday 12 December 2003 07:43, Johan wrote: Hi, /dev/hdg8 /mnt/backup ext3 rw,users,exec,auto,suid 0 0 What else need I put in this line to make it rw for all, Please. I do not like to change to su every time I want to write something there. Looking in the *man mount* it seems I

Re: [newbie] make partition/dir r/w dor all

2003-12-12 Thread Johan
On Friday 12 December 2003 12:04, Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Friday 12 December 2003 07:43, Johan wrote: Hi, /dev/hdg8 /mnt/backup ext3 rw,users,exec,auto,suid 0 0 What else need I put in this line to make it rw for all, Please. I do not like to change to su every time I want to write

Re: [newbie] make partition/dir r/w dor all

2003-12-12 Thread Jerry Barton
On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 09:43:38 +0200 Johan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, /dev/hdg8 /mnt/backup ext3 rw,users,exec,auto,suid 0 0 What else need I put in this line to make it rw for all, Please. I do not like to change to su every time I want to write something there. Looking in the *man

Re: [newbie] make partition/dir r/w dor all

2003-12-12 Thread cdrack
have you tryed chmod -Rf 777 /mnt/backup ? (beeng root of course) Cdrack. --- Jerry Barton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 09:43:38 +0200 Johan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, /dev/hdg8 /mnt/backup ext3 rw,users,exec,auto,suid 0 0 What else need I put in

Re: [newbie] make partition/dir r/w dor all

2003-12-12 Thread robin
cdrack wrote: have you tryed chmod -Rf 777 /mnt/backup ? (beeng root of course) Normally msec will change the permissions back. Sir Robin -- Certitude is possible for those who only own one encyclopedia. - Robert Anton Wilson Robin Turner IDMYO Bilkent Univeritesi Ankara 06533 Turkey

Re: [newbie] make partition/dir r/w dor all

2003-12-12 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Friday 12 December 2003 23:03, robin wrote: cdrack wrote: have you tryed chmod -Rf 777 /mnt/backup ? (beeng root of course) Normally msec will change the permissions back. Sir Robin Yes, and on my system (msec=high) it won't even allow the chmod, but snarls back at me :

Re: [newbie] make partition/dir r/w dor all

2003-12-12 Thread E. Hines
On Friday 12 December 2003 04:09 pm, Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Friday 12 December 2003 23:03, robin wrote: cdrack wrote: have you tryed chmod -Rf 777 /mnt/backup ? (beeng root of course) Normally msec will change the permissions back. Sir Robin Yes, and on my system