Re: EUREKA!!!! - was [Re: Permissions for an entire PARTITION]

2016-10-30 Thread David Wright
On Fri 28 Oct 2016 at 18:34:10 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote: > On 10/28/2016 5:17 PM, Brian wrote: > >On Fri 28 Oct 2016 at 15:42:27 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > >>Be aware sir that you are the cause of: > >>multiple renditions of the "Alleluia Chorus" [courtesy Handle] at > >

Re: EUREKA!!!! - was [Re: Permissions for an entire PARTITION]

2016-10-30 Thread Brian
On Sun 30 Oct 2016 at 09:19:04 -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Sunday, October 30, 2016 08:54:45 AM Brian wrote: > > There are some good things which have come out of this discussion. To > > use cfdisk, fdisk, dd, mkfs.vfat and grub-install a user has to be > > root. Being able to mount as

Re: EUREKA!!!! - was [Re: Permissions for an entire PARTITION]

2016-10-30 Thread rhkramer
On Sunday, October 30, 2016 08:54:45 AM Brian wrote: > There are some good things which have come out of this discussion. To > use cfdisk, fdisk, dd, mkfs.vfat and grub-install a user has to be > root. Being able to mount as non-root is neither here nor there on > jessie and stretch for the

Re: EUREKA!!!! - was [Re: Permissions for an entire PARTITION]

2016-10-30 Thread Brian
On Sun 30 Oct 2016 at 12:22:43 +0300, Reco wrote: > On Sat, 29 Oct 2016 23:49:17 +0100 > Brian wrote: > > > They do indeed. Six years. Do you get the feeling it is getting on for > > unmaintained. (And a wiki page with HAL on it! I ask you). But software > > changes. Then

Re: EUREKA!!!! - was [Re: Permissions for an entire PARTITION]

2016-10-30 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Sunday 30 October 2016 00:19:34 rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Saturday, October 29, 2016 07:00:02 PM Brian wrote: > > What happened to curiosity? > > Curiosity is a function of available resources, among them time. The OP says that he has ample time because he is retired and this is his

Re: EUREKA!!!! - was [Re: Permissions for an entire PARTITION]

2016-10-30 Thread Reco
Hi. On Sat, 29 Oct 2016 23:49:17 +0100 Brian wrote: > On Sat 29 Oct 2016 at 23:23:52 +0300, Reco wrote: > > > On Sat, 29 Oct 2016 19:15:53 +0100 > > Brian wrote: > > > > > I wish you had addressed the "equal exposure" question. Desktops are

Re: EUREKA!!!! - was [Re: Permissions for an entire PARTITION]

2016-10-29 Thread rhkramer
On Saturday, October 29, 2016 07:00:02 PM Brian wrote: > What happened to curiosity? Curiosity is a function of available resources, among them time.

Re: EUREKA!!!! - was [Re: Permissions for an entire PARTITION]

2016-10-29 Thread Brian
On Sat 29 Oct 2016 at 16:28:24 -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Saturday, October 29, 2016 03:53:21 PM Brian wrote: > > On Sat 29 Oct 2016 at 15:28:14 -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > > On Saturday, October 29, 2016 08:54:59 AM Reco wrote: > > > > On Sat, 29 Oct 2016 08:16:18 -0400 > > >

Re: EUREKA!!!! - was [Re: Permissions for an entire PARTITION]

2016-10-29 Thread Brian
On Sat 29 Oct 2016 at 23:23:52 +0300, Reco wrote: > On Sat, 29 Oct 2016 19:15:53 +0100 > Brian wrote: > > > I wish you had addressed the "equal exposure" question. Desktops are not > > the only environments in town. Leaving non-policykit users out in the > > cold is not an

Re: EUREKA!!!! - was [Re: Permissions for an entire PARTITION]

2016-10-29 Thread rhkramer
On Saturday, October 29, 2016 03:53:21 PM Brian wrote: > On Sat 29 Oct 2016 at 15:28:14 -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > On Saturday, October 29, 2016 08:54:59 AM Reco wrote: > > > On Sat, 29 Oct 2016 08:16:18 -0400 > > > > > > rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > I'm not the OP or anybody that

Re: EUREKA!!!! - was [Re: Permissions for an entire PARTITION]

2016-10-29 Thread Reco
Hi. On Sat, 29 Oct 2016 19:15:53 +0100 Brian wrote: > On Sat 29 Oct 2016 at 18:48:11 +0300, Reco wrote: > > > On Sat, 29 Oct 2016 15:09:09 +0100 > > Brian wrote: > > > > > On Sat 29 Oct 2016 at 15:54:59 +0300, Reco wrote: > > > > > > > On

Re: EUREKA!!!! - was [Re: Permissions for an entire PARTITION]

2016-10-29 Thread Brian
On Sat 29 Oct 2016 at 15:28:14 -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Saturday, October 29, 2016 08:54:59 AM Reco wrote: > > On Sat, 29 Oct 2016 08:16:18 -0400 > > rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > I'm not the OP or anybody that has participated in this thread so far. > > > > [1] tells me

Re: EUREKA!!!! - was [Re: Permissions for an entire PARTITION]

2016-10-29 Thread rhkramer
On Saturday, October 29, 2016 08:54:59 AM Reco wrote: > On Sat, 29 Oct 2016 08:16:18 -0400 > rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > I'm not the OP or anybody that has participated in this thread so far. > > [1] tells me otherwise, for the 'participation' part. I take it that > this e-mail I'm replying to

Re: EUREKA!!!! - was [Re: Permissions for an entire PARTITION]

2016-10-29 Thread Brian
On Sat 29 Oct 2016 at 18:48:11 +0300, Reco wrote: > On Sat, 29 Oct 2016 15:09:09 +0100 > Brian wrote: > > > On Sat 29 Oct 2016 at 15:54:59 +0300, Reco wrote: > > > > > On Sat, 29 Oct 2016 08:16:18 -0400 > > > rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > > > > I'll say that the wiki

Re: EUREKA!!!! - was [Re: Permissions for an entire PARTITION]

2016-10-29 Thread Reco
Hi. On Sat, 29 Oct 2016 15:09:09 +0100 Brian wrote: > On Sat 29 Oct 2016 at 15:54:59 +0300, Reco wrote: > > > On Sat, 29 Oct 2016 08:16:18 -0400 > > rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > > I'll say that the wiki page gave no hint as to which of the three options > >

Re: EUREKA!!!! - was [Re: Permissions for an entire PARTITION]

2016-10-29 Thread Brian
On Sat 29 Oct 2016 at 15:54:59 +0300, Reco wrote: > On Sat, 29 Oct 2016 08:16:18 -0400 > rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > > I'll say that the wiki page gave no hint as to which of the three options > > to > > install, or any hint that one might work better than another. > > The page is

Re: EUREKA!!!! - was [Re: Permissions for an entire PARTITION]

2016-10-29 Thread Reco
Hi. On Sat, 29 Oct 2016 08:16:18 -0400 rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Saturday, October 29, 2016 05:17:30 AM Reco wrote: > > On Fri, 28 Oct 2016 18:34:10 -0500 > > Richard Owlett wrote: > > > > But it gave no useful info! > > > > I dunno ;).

Re: EUREKA!!!! - was [Re: Permissions for an entire PARTITION]

2016-10-29 Thread rhkramer
On Saturday, October 29, 2016 05:17:30 AM Reco wrote: > On Fri, 28 Oct 2016 18:34:10 -0500 > Richard Owlett wrote: > > But it gave no useful info! > > I dunno ;). Quoting the page, this: > > Installing GRUB on the USB Stick > Install pmount, udevil or

Re: EUREKA!!!! - was [Re: Permissions for an entire PARTITION]

2016-10-29 Thread Reco
Hi. On Fri, 28 Oct 2016 18:34:10 -0500 Richard Owlett wrote: > On 10/28/2016 5:17 PM, Brian wrote: > > On Fri 28 Oct 2016 at 15:42:27 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > >> Be aware sir that you are the cause of: > >> multiple renditions of the "Alleluia Chorus"

Re: EUREKA!!!! - was [Re: Permissions for an entire PARTITION]

2016-10-28 Thread Richard Owlett
On 10/28/2016 5:17 PM, Brian wrote: On Fri 28 Oct 2016 at 15:42:27 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: Be aware sir that you are the cause of: multiple renditions of the "Alleluia Chorus" [courtesy Handle] at > 10^^Bels an "innocent"[snicker] senior citizen is about to have many sleepless

Re: EUREKA!!!! - was [Re: Permissions for an entire PARTITION]

2016-10-28 Thread Brian
On Fri 28 Oct 2016 at 15:42:27 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > Be aware sir that you are the cause of: >multiple renditions of the "Alleluia Chorus" [courtesy Handle] at > > 10^^Bels >an "innocent"[snicker] senior citizen is about to have many sleepless > nights >multiple nay-sayers

Re: EUREKA!!!! - was [Re: Permissions for an entire PARTITION]

2016-10-28 Thread John L. Ries
Better than what Archimedes did (yes, I know I'm top posting). --| John L. Ries | Salford Systems | Phone: (619)543-8880 x107 | or (435)867-8885 | --| On Fri, 28 Oct 2016, Richard Owlett wrote: > Be aware sir that