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, reiserfs*, > > btrfs, etc.) > > > > Suppose your filesystem is mounted on /media/usb0. > > > > # chmod -R a+rwx /media/usb0 > > > > This does, however, seem the Wrong Way To Do It, as it will not work > > for files created after issuing the command. > > That's the point. If user A creates some directory, and user B (who > has a different uid on his machine) wants to delete a file in this > directory, user B will have first to become root and override the > permissions. This is an unnecessary hassle and requires the user in > question to be fairly technical. And it won't work if the user is > unable to become root. > > > Unfortunately, there isn't an elegant way to do this. It seems like > > it should be an option to mount (something like ignoreperms). > > Looking at the internet, it appears that OSX has a mount option to > > do this: > > > > http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man8/mount.8.html > > (search for 'noowners') > > > > This option does not appear to exist on Linux or BSD, however. > > Thanks, I've been looking for something like this (though an OSX > solution doesn't help me). I really wonder why no one has ever fixed > this issue for Linux -- probably everybody is happy simply using FAT > and NTFS on shared removable media. And their importance is fading > anyway. > 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, instead of fetching permissions from disk, return -rwxrwxrwx. But these things are never as simple as they seem... -- rbmj -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110828100105.73c35...@blairasus.mason.homeunix.org
