Through a quick google of "fstab world writable" (without quotes) I found this:
https://superuser.com/questions/174776/modify-fstab-entry-so-all-users-can-read-and-write-to-an-ext4-volume One of the answers suggests using the "umask" option in the fstab entry. I believe this is what you're looking for. -wes On Wed, Jul 4, 2018 at 5:10 AM, Richard Owlett <[email protected]> wrote: > This Richard is confused ;/ > > Using GParted I created an ext4 partition labeled "owlcommon". > I added the following line to fstab: > LABEL=owlcommon /home/richard/Documents/tst_common ext4 rw,user 0 0 > > On reboot it does appear in the expected file system location. > > *BUT* it is locked {owned by root with users only able to read} > > I would like all users to have unrestricted access. > If not possible, since "richard" has the same UID on all systems, I would > like "richard" to have full access AUTOMATICALLY. > > IOW when I do a fresh install to another partition I want to write a line > to that system's fstab (or elsewhere) such that "richard" automagically has > full access. > > > > On 07/03/2018 05:06 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: > >> On Tue, 3 Jul 2018, wes wrote: >> >> I suspect the other Richard could be confused in a similar fashion, so >>> your reply was still valuable. >>> >> >> wes, >> >> I must have been undercafinated when I responded. Partitions are always >> /dev/sd* (or similar) while file systems have names. It's been a hectic >> day >> but I won't claim that as an excuse. >> >> Best regards, >> >> Rich >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
