On Sun, 2008-08-03 at 22:49 -0400, Bill Davidsen wrote: > Gerhard Magnus wrote: > > The setup I had for my 2 external usb hard drives that worked in FC8 > > seems to be restricting use of these drives to root in FC9. > > > > I added the directories /mnt/usb_232GB and /mnt/usb_93B and altered the > > fstab to include these lines: > > > > /dev/sdd1 /mnt/usb_232GB auto user,auto 0 0 > > /dev/sde1 /mnt/usb_93GB auto user,auto 0 0 > > > > Both drives have been formatted as ext3. I can access both but can't > > write to them except as root. How can I make them write-accessible to > > all users? > > > You have to set the permissions *after* the USB is mounted, then change > the directory mode to 777, or for some tiny bit of sanity 1777: > chmod 1777 /mnt/usb_93GB > > Now, having given you that, I *strongly* suggest that you change fstab > to use the UUID of the filesystem. That makes it work if you only plug > in one, if you plug them in the wrong ports, if FC10 probes the USB bus > ass-backwards from FC9, or other ways you can shoot yourself in the foot. > > Redhat 8 (or maybe 9) would occasionally install on a system with two > SCSI controllers and probe them in one order for install and the other > for runtime boot, which changes all the device names. It took me two > hours to find and fix that, in the "pre-UUID" days. Late on a Friday. > With a 131 mile drive to get home. With something as easy to change as > pluggable devices, I suggest you avoid this learning experience. Everything works. The good news I wasn't expecting is that the filesystems keep their permissions through the unmounting/mounting of a reboot. In case anyone wonders, the extra "1" in "chmod 1777" blocks users (other than root) from deleting the folder or changing its permissions. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
