Re: EUREKA!!!! - was [Re: Permissions for an entire PARTITION]

2016-10-30 Thread David Wright
On Fri 28 Oct 2016 at 18:34:10 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote: > On 10/28/2016 5:17 PM, Brian wrote: > >On Fri 28 Oct 2016 at 15:42:27 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > >>Be aware sir that you are the cause of: > >>multiple renditions of the "Alleluia Chorus" [courtesy Handle] at > > >>10^^Bels

Re: EUREKA!!!! - was [Re: Permissions for an entire PARTITION]

2016-10-30 Thread Brian
On Sun 30 Oct 2016 at 09:19:04 -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Sunday, October 30, 2016 08:54:45 AM Brian wrote: > > There are some good things which have come out of this discussion. To > > use cfdisk, fdisk, dd, mkfs.vfat and grub-install a user has to be > > root. Being able to mount as n

Re: EUREKA!!!! - was [Re: Permissions for an entire PARTITION]

2016-10-30 Thread rhkramer
On Sunday, October 30, 2016 08:54:45 AM Brian wrote: > There are some good things which have come out of this discussion. To > use cfdisk, fdisk, dd, mkfs.vfat and grub-install a user has to be > root. Being able to mount as non-root is neither here nor there on > jessie and stretch for the purpose

Re: EUREKA!!!! - was [Re: Permissions for an entire PARTITION]

2016-10-30 Thread Brian
On Sun 30 Oct 2016 at 12:22:43 +0300, Reco wrote: > On Sat, 29 Oct 2016 23:49:17 +0100 > Brian wrote: > > > They do indeed. Six years. Do you get the feeling it is getting on for > > unmaintained. (And a wiki page with HAL on it! I ask you). But software > > changes. Then wiki pages change. >

Re: EUREKA!!!! - was [Re: Permissions for an entire PARTITION]

2016-10-30 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Sunday 30 October 2016 00:19:34 rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Saturday, October 29, 2016 07:00:02 PM Brian wrote: > > What happened to curiosity? > > Curiosity is a function of available resources, among them time. The OP says that he has ample time because he is retired and this is his retir

Re: EUREKA!!!! - was [Re: Permissions for an entire PARTITION]

2016-10-30 Thread Reco
Hi. On Sat, 29 Oct 2016 23:49:17 +0100 Brian wrote: > On Sat 29 Oct 2016 at 23:23:52 +0300, Reco wrote: > > > On Sat, 29 Oct 2016 19:15:53 +0100 > > Brian wrote: > > > > > I wish you had addressed the "equal exposure" question. Desktops are not > > > the only environments in town. Lea

Re: EUREKA!!!! - was [Re: Permissions for an entire PARTITION]

2016-10-29 Thread rhkramer
On Saturday, October 29, 2016 07:00:02 PM Brian wrote: > What happened to curiosity? Curiosity is a function of available resources, among them time.

Re: EUREKA!!!! - was [Re: Permissions for an entire PARTITION]

2016-10-29 Thread Brian
On Sat 29 Oct 2016 at 16:28:24 -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Saturday, October 29, 2016 03:53:21 PM Brian wrote: > > On Sat 29 Oct 2016 at 15:28:14 -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > > On Saturday, October 29, 2016 08:54:59 AM Reco wrote: > > > > On Sat, 29 Oct 2016 08:16:18 -0400 > > >

Re: EUREKA!!!! - was [Re: Permissions for an entire PARTITION]

2016-10-29 Thread Brian
On Sat 29 Oct 2016 at 23:23:52 +0300, Reco wrote: > On Sat, 29 Oct 2016 19:15:53 +0100 > Brian wrote: > > > I wish you had addressed the "equal exposure" question. Desktops are not > > the only environments in town. Leaving non-policykit users out in the > > cold is not an option. > > True, tha

Re: EUREKA!!!! - was [Re: Permissions for an entire PARTITION]

2016-10-29 Thread rhkramer
On Saturday, October 29, 2016 03:53:21 PM Brian wrote: > On Sat 29 Oct 2016 at 15:28:14 -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > On Saturday, October 29, 2016 08:54:59 AM Reco wrote: > > > On Sat, 29 Oct 2016 08:16:18 -0400 > > > > > > rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > I'm not the OP or anybody that h

Re: EUREKA!!!! - was [Re: Permissions for an entire PARTITION]

2016-10-29 Thread Reco
Hi. On Sat, 29 Oct 2016 19:15:53 +0100 Brian wrote: > On Sat 29 Oct 2016 at 18:48:11 +0300, Reco wrote: > > > On Sat, 29 Oct 2016 15:09:09 +0100 > > Brian wrote: > > > > > On Sat 29 Oct 2016 at 15:54:59 +0300, Reco wrote: > > > > > > > On Sat, 29 Oct 2016 08:16:18 -0400 > > > > rhkra

Re: EUREKA!!!! - was [Re: Permissions for an entire PARTITION]

2016-10-29 Thread Brian
On Sat 29 Oct 2016 at 15:28:14 -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Saturday, October 29, 2016 08:54:59 AM Reco wrote: > > On Sat, 29 Oct 2016 08:16:18 -0400 > > rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > I'm not the OP or anybody that has participated in this thread so far. > > > > [1] tells me otherwi

Re: EUREKA!!!! - was [Re: Permissions for an entire PARTITION]

2016-10-29 Thread rhkramer
On Saturday, October 29, 2016 08:54:59 AM Reco wrote: > On Sat, 29 Oct 2016 08:16:18 -0400 > rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > I'm not the OP or anybody that has participated in this thread so far. > > [1] tells me otherwise, for the 'participation' part. I take it that > this e-mail I'm replying to

Re: EUREKA!!!! - was [Re: Permissions for an entire PARTITION]

2016-10-29 Thread Brian
On Sat 29 Oct 2016 at 18:48:11 +0300, Reco wrote: > On Sat, 29 Oct 2016 15:09:09 +0100 > Brian wrote: > > > On Sat 29 Oct 2016 at 15:54:59 +0300, Reco wrote: > > > > > On Sat, 29 Oct 2016 08:16:18 -0400 > > > rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > > > > I'll say that the wiki page gave no hint as t

Re: EUREKA!!!! - was [Re: Permissions for an entire PARTITION]

2016-10-29 Thread Reco
Hi. On Sat, 29 Oct 2016 15:09:09 +0100 Brian wrote: > On Sat 29 Oct 2016 at 15:54:59 +0300, Reco wrote: > > > On Sat, 29 Oct 2016 08:16:18 -0400 > > rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > > I'll say that the wiki page gave no hint as to which of the three options > > > to > > > install, o

Re: EUREKA!!!! - was [Re: Permissions for an entire PARTITION]

2016-10-29 Thread Brian
On Sat 29 Oct 2016 at 15:54:59 +0300, Reco wrote: > On Sat, 29 Oct 2016 08:16:18 -0400 > rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > > I'll say that the wiki page gave no hint as to which of the three options > > to > > install, or any hint that one might work better than another. > > The page is describing

Re: Permissions for an entire PARTITION

2016-10-29 Thread Jochen Spieker
Richard Owlett: > > My original question had (apparently incorrectly assume that partitions > handled user/group/world permissions in the same manner as file systems. Even if you found a solution to your problem, this sentence does not make much sense and I still assume you are confused about a f

Re: EUREKA!!!! - was [Re: Permissions for an entire PARTITION]

2016-10-29 Thread Reco
Hi. On Sat, 29 Oct 2016 08:16:18 -0400 rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Saturday, October 29, 2016 05:17:30 AM Reco wrote: > > On Fri, 28 Oct 2016 18:34:10 -0500 > > Richard Owlett wrote: > > > > But it gave no useful info! > > > > I dunno ;). Quoting the page, this:

Re: EUREKA!!!! - was [Re: Permissions for an entire PARTITION]

2016-10-29 Thread rhkramer
On Saturday, October 29, 2016 05:17:30 AM Reco wrote: > On Fri, 28 Oct 2016 18:34:10 -0500 > Richard Owlett wrote: > > But it gave no useful info! > > I dunno ;). Quoting the page, this: > > Installing GRUB on the USB Stick > Install pmount, udevil or udisks2 and use one of

Re: EUREKA!!!! - was [Re: Permissions for an entire PARTITION]

2016-10-29 Thread Reco
Hi. On Fri, 28 Oct 2016 18:34:10 -0500 Richard Owlett wrote: > On 10/28/2016 5:17 PM, Brian wrote: > > On Fri 28 Oct 2016 at 15:42:27 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > >> Be aware sir that you are the cause of: > >> multiple renditions of the "Alleluia Chorus" [courtesy Handle] at >

Re: EUREKA!!!! - was [Re: Permissions for an entire PARTITION]

2016-10-28 Thread Richard Owlett
On 10/28/2016 5:17 PM, Brian wrote: On Fri 28 Oct 2016 at 15:42:27 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: Be aware sir that you are the cause of: multiple renditions of the "Alleluia Chorus" [courtesy Handle] at > 10^^Bels an "innocent"[snicker] senior citizen is about to have many sleepless nigh

Re: EUREKA!!!! - was [Re: Permissions for an entire PARTITION]

2016-10-28 Thread Brian
On Fri 28 Oct 2016 at 15:42:27 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > Be aware sir that you are the cause of: >multiple renditions of the "Alleluia Chorus" [courtesy Handle] at > > 10^^Bels >an "innocent"[snicker] senior citizen is about to have many sleepless > nights >multiple nay-sayers wil

Re: EUREKA!!!! - was [Re: Permissions for an entire PARTITION]

2016-10-28 Thread John L. Ries
Better than what Archimedes did (yes, I know I'm top posting). --| John L. Ries | Salford Systems | Phone: (619)543-8880 x107 | or (435)867-8885 | --| On Fri, 28 Oct 2016, Richard Owlett wrote: > Be aware sir that y

EUREKA!!!! - was [Re: Permissions for an entire PARTITION]

2016-10-28 Thread Richard Owlett
Be aware sir that you are the cause of: multiple renditions of the "Alleluia Chorus" [courtesy Handle] at > 10^^Bels an "innocent"[snicker] senior citizen is about to have many sleepless nights multiple nay-sayers will suffer "EGG ON FACE" *ROFL* ! On 10/28/2016 2:30 PM, Jörg-Vol

Re: Permissions for an entire PARTITION

2016-10-28 Thread Jörg-Volker Peetz
Did you take a look at the package pmount? I use it to mount external disks. It requires no changes to /etc/fstab. Regards, jvp.

Re: Permissions for an entire PARTITION

2016-10-28 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 10:28:54AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > I'll attempt to refine my problem definition. > My primary use case is a laptop: > 1. purchased explicitly for use as a test bed. > 2. whose HD has been erased multiple times in ONE day. > 3. is isolated from ANY network. > 4

Re: Permissions for an entire PARTITION

2016-10-28 Thread Richard Owlett
On 10/25/2016 11:42 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 11:33:23AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: On 10/25/2016 10:40 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote: The simplest way would be to synchronize your UID across all your installed operating systems. If your UID is, let's say, 1000 on every syst

Re: Permissions for an entire PARTITION

2016-10-26 Thread Tixy
On Wed, 2016-10-26 at 08:28 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > cd /each/file/system/one/at/a/time > find . -xdev -user 500 -exec chown 1000 {} + > cd /the/next/file/system > find . -xdev -user 500 -exec chown 1000 {} + > etc. > > (I would not recommend trying it as one gigantic find from / because > of

Re: Permissions for an entire PARTITION

2016-10-26 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 08:28:34AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > Synchronizing your user account's UID across all of your own local > operating system installations is probably easier than most of the > workarounds that have been suggested. We are in

Re: Permissions for an entire PARTITION

2016-10-26 Thread Greg Wooledge
Synchronizing your user account's UID across all of your own local operating system installations is probably easier than most of the workarounds that have been suggested. There may not even be any work required -- if you've always just followed the defaults, then your primary user account is prob

Re: Permissions for an entire PARTITION

2016-10-26 Thread rhkramer
On Wednesday, October 26, 2016 04:09:41 AM to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 11:33:23AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > > On 10/25/2016 10:40 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > >On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 10:32:29AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > > >>I'm in a multi-boot environment, multiple

Re: Permissions for an entire PARTITION

2016-10-26 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 11:33:23AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 10/25/2016 10:40 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote: > >On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 10:32:29AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > >>I'm in a multi-boot environment, multiple installs of Debian. > >>I wa

Re: Permissions for an entire PARTITION

2016-10-25 Thread Jochen Spieker
Richard Owlett: > On 10/25/2016 10:40 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote: >> >> The simplest way would be to synchronize your UID across all your >> installed operating systems. If your UID is, let's say, 1000 on every >> system, and the files on the partition are owned by user 1000, then >> user 1000 (you)

Re: Permissions for an entire PARTITION

2016-10-25 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 11:33:23AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 10/25/2016 10:40 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote: > >The simplest way would be to synchronize your UID across all your > >installed operating systems. If your UID is, let's say, 1000 on every > >system, and the files on the partition are

Re: Permissions for an entire PARTITION

2016-10-25 Thread Richard Owlett
On 10/25/2016 10:40 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 10:32:29AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: I'm in a multi-boot environment, multiple installs of Debian. I want all install to have read/write/execute permissions. The partition will effectively be serving as a common scratch pad

Re: Permissions for an entire PARTITION

2016-10-25 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 11:40:10AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 10:32:29AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > > I'm in a multi-boot environment, multiple installs of Debian. > > I want all install to have read/write/execute permiss

Re: Permissions for an entire PARTITION

2016-10-25 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 10:32:29AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > I'm in a multi-boot environment, multiple installs of Debian. > I want all install to have read/write/execute permissions. > The partition will effectively be serving as a common scratch pad > in order to exchange information. There

Permissions for an entire PARTITION

2016-10-25 Thread Richard Owlett
I'm in a multi-boot environment, multiple installs of Debian. I want all install to have read/write/execute permissions. The partition will effectively be serving as a common scratch pad in order to exchange information. There is organically a single user, [*ME*] and there is *NO* networking of