Re: [PLUG] how to make folders/files read only

2023-10-27 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Fri, 27 Oct 2023 17:25:18 -0500 Bill Barry dijo: >On Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at 4:41 PM John Jason Jordan >wrote: > >> On Fri, 27 Oct 2023 15:26:10 -0500 >> Bill Barry dijo: >> >> >> Stay tuned for the rest of the saga. :) >> >> >You could just do a few mp3 files to begin with to find out

Re: [PLUG] how to make folders/files read only

2023-10-27 Thread Ben Koenig
-Ben --- Original Message --- On Friday, October 27th, 2023 at 3:33 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Fri, 27 Oct 2023 15:26:10 -0500 > Bill Barry waba...@gmail.com dijo: > > > You could just do a few mp3 files to begin with to find out if it > > works and then copy them all

Re: [PLUG] how to make folders/files read only

2023-10-27 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Fri, 27 Oct 2023 15:26:10 -0500 Bill Barry dijo: >You could just do a few mp3 files to begin with to find out if it >works and then copy them all over after you have perfected a solution. Since I no longer get a bounce from my own posts I can't quote myself. Further information. After my

Re: [PLUG] how to make folders/files read only

2023-10-27 Thread Bill Barry
On Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at 4:41 PM John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Fri, 27 Oct 2023 15:26:10 -0500 > Bill Barry dijo: > > >> Stay tuned for the rest of the saga. :) > > >You could just do a few mp3 files to begin with to find out if it > >works and then copy them all over after you have perfected a

Re: [PLUG] how to make folders/files read only

2023-10-27 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Fri, 27 Oct 2023 15:26:10 -0500 Bill Barry dijo: >> Stay tuned for the rest of the saga. :) >You could just do a few mp3 files to begin with to find out if it >works and then copy them all over after you have perfected a solution. OK, you have a good point. The MP3s are in three folders,

Re: [PLUG] how to make folders/files read only

2023-10-27 Thread Bill Barry
On Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at 3:09 PM John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Fri, 27 Oct 2023 07:43:41 -0700 > Michael Ewan dijo: > > >The best way to make something read only (even by root) is using the > >chattr immutable (i) flag, i.e. sudo chattr +i file > > Copying ~2,000 MP3 files onto a 256GB SD card

Re: [PLUG] how to make folders/files read only

2023-10-27 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Fri, 27 Oct 2023 07:43:41 -0700 Michael Ewan dijo: >The best way to make something read only (even by root) is using the >chattr immutable (i) flag, i.e. sudo chattr +i file Copying ~2,000 MP3 files onto a 256GB SD card to be inserted into an Android phone has turned into a major project.

Re: [PLUG] Simultaneously horrifying and amazing!

2023-10-27 Thread Ben Koenig
--- Original Message --- On Friday, October 27th, 2023 at 10:20 AM, Bill Barry wrote: > On Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at 12:15 PM Russell Senior russ...@personaltelco.net > > wrote: > > > It wasn't the RS-232 that surprised me, it was the combination of RS-232 > > and PCI-E, when I expected

Re: [PLUG] Simultaneously horrifying and amazing!

2023-10-27 Thread Paul Heinlein
On Fri, 27 Oct 2023, Russell Senior wrote: It wasn't the RS-232 that surprised me, it was the combination of RS-232 and PCI-E, when I expected that modern RS-232 interfaces to just use a USB converter. It is kind of like finding someone putting a Pratt and Whitney turbo fan on a Sopwith Camel.

Re: [PLUG] Simultaneously horrifying and amazing!

2023-10-27 Thread Bill Barry
On Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at 12:15 PM Russell Senior wrote: > It wasn't the RS-232 that surprised me, it was the combination of RS-232 > and PCI-E, when I expected that modern RS-232 interfaces to just use a USB > converter. It is kind of like finding someone putting a Pratt and Whitney > turbo fan

Re: [PLUG] Simultaneously horrifying and amazing!

2023-10-27 Thread Russell Senior
It wasn't the RS-232 that surprised me, it was the combination of RS-232 and PCI-E, when I expected that modern RS-232 interfaces to just use a USB converter. It is kind of like finding someone putting a Pratt and Whitney turbo fan on a Sopwith Camel. On Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at 8:16 AM Chuck Hast

Re: [PLUG] Simultaneously horrifying and amazing!

2023-10-27 Thread Chuck Hast
In the medical and industrial fields RS-232 and RS-485 are still alive and kicking. I have numerous machines that I service which still have RS-232 ports on them. I see RS-232 and RS-485 on industrial equipment. They were good solid standards and I guess if it ain't broke don't break it. On Fri,

Re: [PLUG] how to make folders/files read only

2023-10-27 Thread Michael Ewan
The best way to make something read only (even by root) is using the chattr immutable (i) flag, i.e. sudo chattr +i file This will prevent casual changes by every user including root. Change it back with the -i flag. Any attempt to change the file or directory will get an operation not permitted

Re: [PLUG] how to make folders/files read only

2023-10-27 Thread Rich Shepard
On Thu, 26 Oct 2023, Bill Barry wrote: You want them read only, 600 is read/write. Read by world would be good might work better Bill, I considered that but limiting both reading and writing to 'user' doesn't hurt. chmod -R 004 * Shouldn't that be 400 (user, group, other)? Rich

Re: [PLUG] how to make folders/files read only

2023-10-27 Thread Vince Winter
I am not sure if Android supports the immutable sticky but on files? On Thu, Oct 26, 2023, 8:09 PM John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Thu, 26 Oct 2023 19:24:31 -0500 > Bill Barry dijo: > > >On Thu, Oct 26, 2023 at 7:21 PM Bill Barry wrote: > > > >> > >> You want them read only, 600 is read/write.

Re: [PLUG] Simultaneously horrifying and amazing!

2023-10-27 Thread Derek Loree
On Thu, 2023-10-26 at 22:30 -0700, Russell Senior wrote: > I love RS232 and UARTs generally, I use them all the time and for me > they > will never go out of style, but I was wondering today about a > specific > marriage of the ancient and the modern, and it was hard to believe, > what > with USB