On Tue, 30 Aug 2016 17:08:26 -0700, Grant wrote: > > You can't control ownership and permissions of existing files with > > mount options on a Linux filesystem. See man mount. > > So in order to use a USB stick between multiple Gentoo systems with > ext2, I need to make sure my users have matching UIDs/GIDs?
Yes, I said that when I first mentioned ext2. > I think > this is how I ended up on NTFS in the first place. Is there a > filesystem that will make that unnecessary and exhibit better > reliability than NTFS? FAT is tried and tested as long as you can live with the file size limitations. But USB sticks are not that reliable to start with, so relying on the filesystem to preserve your important files is not enough. You have spent far more time on this than you would have spent making backups of the file! -- Neil Bothwick Use Colgate toothpaste or end up with teeth like a Ferengi.
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