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Tiny Core Base => TCB Talk => Topic started by: perthie on September 28, 2009, 09:12:54 AM

Title: Ownership of External Devices
Post by: perthie on September 28, 2009, 09:12:54 AM

If I plug in a flash drive that is formatted as FAT, it is given tc:staff ownership, so it's easy to use. But if the device is formatted as ext, the ownership becomes root:root, so I have to use sudo mode to work with it. There is probably a good reason for this, but it's a bit inconvenient.

Title: Re: Ownership of External Devices
Post by: curaga on September 28, 2009, 09:29:45 AM

FAT doesn't support permissions, so the mounted user gets them temporarily. Ext2 does, so whatever is set on the device stays when mounted.

Title: Re: Ownership of External Devices
Post by: ^thehatsrule^ on October 10, 2009, 05:56:35 PM

Creating a directory with tc:staff permissions would probably be a simple alternative.

Title: Re: Ownership of External Devices
Post by: perthie on October 10, 2009, 06:34:31 PM

Thanks! That works.