Hi Colin maybe I should have described not only the symptom, but also the problem arising from all this. I try to mount /mnt/d as user (I am allowed to do that according to /etc/fstab). After mounting it, I have no right to enter the directory I just mounted. Why not?
joerg Am Dienstag, 25. Februar 2003 09:37 schrieb Colin Watson: > On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 08:59:23AM +0100, Joerg Johannes wrote: > > Why does a mount change the file permissions of a directory? > > Example: > > > > ls -l /mnt > > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2003-01-20 18:29 d > > mount /mnt/d > > ls -l /mnt > > dr-x------ 1 root root 4096 2003-01-24 09:22 d > > The first of these shows you the permissions of the /mnt/d directory on > the filesystem mounted on /. The second shows you the permissions of the > / directory on the filesystem mounted on /mnt/d. Does that help? > > Very little ever pays attention to the permissions on the mount point > itself (the first). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
