Hi, Following patch sets the owner of the root directory to the calling user. This is also how mke2fs behaves. It enables users to e.g. create a file system on removeable storage devices and then be able to actually use them. Signed-off-by: Ludwig Nussel <ludwig.nussel@xxxxxxx> Acked-by: Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@xxxxxxxx> Index: reiserfsprogs-3.6.19/reiserfscore/reiserfslib.c =================================================================== --- reiserfsprogs-3.6.19.orig/reiserfscore/reiserfslib.c +++ reiserfsprogs-3.6.19/reiserfscore/reiserfslib.c @@ -1142,6 +1142,19 @@ int create_dir_sd (reiserfs_filsys_t * f memset(&sd, 0, sizeof(sd)); make_dir_stat_data (fs->fs_blocksize, key_format, get_key_dirid (key), get_key_objectid (key), &ih, &sd); + + /* if calling user is not root set the owner of the root entry + * to the calling user */ + if(getuid()) { + if (key_format == KEY_FORMAT_1) { + struct stat_data_v1 *sd_v1 = (struct stat_data_v1 *)&sd; + set_sd_v1_uid (sd_v1, getuid()); + set_sd_v1_gid (sd_v1, getgid()); + } else { + set_sd_v2_uid (&sd, getuid()); + set_sd_v2_gid (&sd, getgid()); + } + } if (modify_item) modify_item (&ih, &sd); -- (o_ Ludwig Nussel //\ V_/_ http://www.suse.de/ SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nuernberg) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe reiserfs-devel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html