Re: [gentoo-user] User can mount/umount but not write to top the new drive

[Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 2:39 PM, Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk> wrote:
> On Mon, 9 Apr 2012 14:23:13 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote:
>
>> > [2] With Windows filesystem, there are mount options to set the
>> > default ownership, but that is a workaround for the differences
>> > between Linux and Windows metadata.
>
>> Thanks Neil. I guess that unless we figure out Canek's uid/gid options
>> I'll stick with chown, etc.
>
> The uid and gid options don't apply to ext? filesystems. Have another
> look at the man page and you'll see they are only listed for some
> non-Linux filesystems, in order to make them compatible with Linux
> ownerships and permissions.
>
>
> --
> Neil Bothwick
>
> God: What one human uses to persecute another.

Apparently Canek & I do need to read more carefully. I just zoomed in
on the gid stuff from searching. I should have read the whole area.
Thanks

OK, so mounting the drive and chown-ing as root is indeed the right way to go.

Thanks,
Mark