[ncolug] Re: Need some help
- From: <cstickelman@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: ncolug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:25:10 -0400
Ok, sounds good.
But I'm not having an issue w/ permissions. The errors I'm getting are about
rsync trying to change the GID of the files on the VFAT filesystem. I just
want those to go away.
I've planned to look into unison - it's somewhere on my ToDo list, I've just
got to get the underlying network setup the way I want...
---- "M. Knisely" <charon79m@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I've dropped Rsync as my sync tool... Or, I guess I've chosen an application
> to stack on top of rsync to do my syncronization. I use Unison.
>
> When I use it to sync on a Fat partition, I toss "perms = 0" in my config
> file. That ignores permissions issues just syncing the files.
>
> From their documentation:
> *perms n * The integer value of this preference is a mask indicating which
> permission bits should be synchronized. It is set by default to 0*o*1777:
> all bits but the set-uid and set-gid bits are synchronised (synchronizing
> theses latter bits can be a security hazard). If you want to synchronize all
> bits, you can set the value of this preference to -1.Unison's a pretty nice
> app. It has the same abilities as rsync to just sync the deltas, because it
> uses rsync's libraries. It also has a really swell GUI.
>
> Mike K.
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 9:45 PM, <cstickelman@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Nice utility.
> >
> > However, I'm not sure it will set GID properly.
> >
> > Ultimately, this is a HAL configuration issue. HAL is wonderful! I really
> > don't want to stop relying on HAL for hotplug. WHat I do want is the GID
> > for the VFAT filesystem to be set to the user's GID. (Just like it does w/
> > UID...)
> >
> > Chuck
> >
> > ---- nor thern <zboson2003@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > --- On Tue, 8/25/09, cstickelman@xxxxxxxxxx <cstickelman@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > From: cstickelman@xxxxxxxxxx <cstickelman@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Subject: [ncolug] Need some help
> > > To: ncolug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Date: Tuesday, August 25, 2009, 6:32 PM
> > >
> > > Howdy folks!
> > >
> > > I've got a couple of thumb drives that I use to move data back-and-forth
> > between my Linux boxes and some Windows machines that I use at Work (NC
> > State) and school (OSU). Naturally, I've formatted these guys w/ FAT32 file
> > systems. No problem there.
> > >
> > > When I plug one into my Linux box it gets auto-mounted and things are
> > good to go, except...
> > > The GID for all of the files and directories is "0" (ie. the root
> > group...) The UID *is* getting set to my account's UID (1000 for me on this
> > box) and I'd like the same for the GID.
> > >
> > > Any ideas?
> > >
> > > Some quick facts.
> > > Debian/Ubuntu (and others?) don't use /etc/fstab for this stuff anymore -
> > it's all done with HAL, which is a good thing. HAL leaves a file
> > (/mdeia/.hal-mtab) on the system and when the thumb drive is mounted the
> > file is text and shows the UID=1000 and the GID=0.
> > >
> > > Where, oh where, can I change the behavior of the GID setting for HAL?
> > >
> > > Chuck
> > >
> > > this seems to be apropos
> > > http://pmount/alioth.debian.org
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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