Volker Kuhlmann wrote:
> * USB, and pretty much all hotplug, device mount options suck hamsters
> with straws. In a galactically big way. That is, there's no way to
> change them.

Huh? With the hal based mount users can do that with just a few
mouse clicks.
 
> * I find that I need to share files with family members all the time.
> Dito in return. If someone forgets to explicitly set group ownership and
> permissions on a file (daddy, what's that anyway?), the others can't
> read it. Ok it's a basic *ix problem for the computer scientists.
> However, family doesn't care, they Just Want It To Work(TM). Are there
> solutions? This case must be pretty common. No I don't count "stick it
> on a stick, because it has M$oft semantics ie no owners or permissions"
> as a solution.

SUSE Linux uses a default umask of 0022 and creates home directories
with mode 0755. So it does just work (TM).

cu
Ludwig

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