Hi Lukas When I mount another filesystem, say /mnt/e which is a vfat partition, the owner of the direcrtory /mnt/e changes to the user who mounts it. Thus only he has access to the mounted filesystem - this makes sense imho. The problem I have described earlier is, that a regular user can mount and unmount the ntfs partition (readonly), but the directory is still owned by root. The permissions are set to r-x------. so only root can enter and read the directory - makes not sense imho... Let's try what happens when I set the vfat partition to "user,ro" in /etc/fstab: drwxr--r-- 4 jorg jorg 16384 1970-01-01 01:00 e This is what I would expect for the ntfs partition, too.
Thanks for your info, but still seeking help joerg Am Dienstag, 25. Februar 2003 09:19 schrieb Lukas Ruf: > * Joerg Johannes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-02-25 09:15]: > > Why does a mount change the file permissions of a directory? > > Example: > > If I correctly remember, the permissions of the mountED directory are > set. This makes sense for security reasons. > > wbr, > Lukas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
