[Linux-Anyway] Re: On hdb
- From: Meph Istopheles <meph@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Linux-Anyway@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 13:43:46 -0800 (PST)
> > Don't know if this is how it's supposed to be in slack, but
> > hdb won't allow me to change ownership of files. It may be
> > that it's in vfat, as it came from a W98 box, & I ~can~
> > repartition & format it ext2 or 3, if that'll fix it, but I
> > don't know that either.
> > Anyway, this is the line in fstab:
> > /dev/hdb1 /backup vfat umask=0,silent,rw 1 0
> > Is there anything else which would allow it to be up to me
> > who owns what?
> Nay. FAT has no concept of file ownership or permissions, so as
> long it is FAT, every file is open to access from anybody who
> has any access at all.
In theory, this is true. But before I'd sent the umask, my
user couldn't even ls /backup.
> If you want access control, you have to change it to ext 2 or
> 3, which will of course let you set permissions. But this will
> of course prevent any MS OS from reading those partitions as
> well. NTFS has permissions, but in most cases you have read
> only access with Linux.
That's not a problem...just time consuming. I'll have to move
eveything first, of course before hand. I was just hoping for
some setting which would save me the trouble.
It's not that I really need that drive to be vfat, after all.
But I was thinking that it would be useful by moving it back &
forth between this & the Windows box if needed.
--
In Seattle, Washington, it is illegal to carry a concealed
weapon that is over six feet in length.
To unsubcribe send e-mail with the word unsubscribe in the body to:
Linux-Anyway-Request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?body=unsubscribe
Other related posts:
