On Sat 19 Nov 2016 at 12:51:58 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > I use fat16 and fat32 formatted USB flash drives for _EXACTLY_ *ONE* > purpose. > It is to transfer data to/from a Windows machine. > There is NO [nor will there ever be] a network connection between them.
No connection to the internet. No connection to the local network. Has a Debian machine ever been so emasculated? Plus it has nothing to do with the problem posed. > When I plug one into my Debian machine I want totally unfettered read/write > access. > [when logged in as root or *ANY* user ID] The recent thread "parted is ALMOST suitable" has a post with the line Wheezy has /etc/udev/rules.d/91-permissions.rules; Jessie doesn't. Perhaps if you reread that portion of the thread and ask yourself: Wheezy has /etc/udev/rules.d/91-permissions.rules; what would happen if Jessie did too? > {any one notice a tone of frustration ;/} No. But we will waited with baited breath for you to report back on the suggestion. -- Brian.