On Fri January 4 2008 01:48:28 Rasmus Plewe wrote: > On Fri, Jan 04, 2008 at 09:37:43AM +0100, jdd wrote: > > Carlos F. Lange a écrit : > >> Can I set something on my USB ext2 partition to tell Hal to > >> automount it as owned by the user? > > > > problem is only if you want to ba able to use this key with others > > computer. > > > > If so: > > > > * you can't know what UID/GID is used (AFAIK only UID/GID are > > stored in the file system) > > * only the "onboard" modification will be ported with you :-( > > > > so, for true protability, better stick to fat32 :-( > > Actually, something like > chmod 777 dir > should give everyone, regardless of their UID/GID, read- and write > access.
The point here is that the permissions for the ext2 partition are set by the automounter in the host machine. I only can set permissions of directories and files in the partition. -- Carlos FL "It is not worth an intelligent man's time to be in the majority. By definition, there are already enough people to do that." - G. H. Hardy -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
