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 1:48 PM, Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk> wrote:
> On Mon, 9 Apr 2012 12:59:31 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote:
>
>>    In the past I've gotten around this by having root mount the drive
>> and then change ownership to mark:users once it's mounted. Linux
>> remembers I've done that once and no longer requires me to do anything
>> else as root.
>
> That's right, the root of the filesystem is now owned by mark.
>
>>    Is that truly required or is there a way to give the user access to
>> the top of the new mount point without roots' involvement?
>
> Not with a Linux filesystem[1][2], because the filesystem is owned by
> root, so only root can change that.
>
> [1] This isn't strictly true as you can do it with ACLs, but that is far
> more complex than simply chowning the root of the filesystem if that is
> all you need.
>
> [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.
>
>
> --
> Neil Bothwick
>
> TROI : What am I sensing?? I'm sensing INCOMPETENCE, you pretentious
> bald pseudo-French dickweed!

Thanks Neil. I guess that unless we figure out Canek's uid/gid options
I'll stick with chown, etc.

Cheers,
Mark