Re: Problem adding lines to /etc/fstab

2016-12-31 Thread Richard Owlett
On 12/30/2016 11:37 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Fri, Dec 30, 2016 at 11:32:05AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: I see *NO DIFFERENCE* between that and my previously stated goal. If you want classic Unix permissions on a file system on a fixed partition on a non-removable device, then you simply p

Re: Problem adding lines to /etc/fstab

2016-12-30 Thread deloptes
Nicholas Geovanis wrote: > Reading the RedHat and Debian doc referred to, "User Private Groups" seems > to be another name for setting the umask and the setgid bit in a directory > intended for shared work. Did I miss something or is that all it is? This is the key to Richards problem - Richard I

Re: Problem adding lines to /etc/fstab

2016-12-30 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 31/12/16 06:52, Nicholas Geovanis wrote: This is the first time I've heard of this "solution" named "User Private Groups". Reading the RedHat and Debian doc referred to, "User Private Groups" seems to be another name for setting the umask and the setgid bit in a directory intended for shared w

Re: Problem adding lines to /etc/fstab

2016-12-30 Thread John L. Ries
On Friday 2016-12-30 10:32, Richard Owlett wrote: >Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2016 10:32:05 >From: Richard Owlett >To: debian-user@lists.debian.org >Subject: Re: Problem adding lines to /etc/fstab >Resent-Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2016 17:32:32 + >Resent-From: > > On 12/30/2016 10:58 AM

Re: Problem adding lines to /etc/fstab

2016-12-30 Thread John L. Ries
Phone: (619)543-8880 x107 | or (435)867-8885 | --| On Friday 2016-12-30 04:17, Richard Owlett wrote: >Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2016 04:17:21 >From: Richard Owlett >To: debian-user@lists.debian.org >Subject: Re: Problem adding lines to /etc/fstab >Resent-Date:

Re: Problem adding lines to /etc/fstab

2016-12-30 Thread Nicholas Geovanis
This is the first time I've heard of this "solution" named "User Private Groups". Reading the RedHat and Debian doc referred to, "User Private Groups" seems to be another name for setting the umask and the setgid bit in a directory intended for shared work. Did I miss something or is that all it is

Re: Problem adding lines to /etc/fstab

2016-12-30 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Fri, Dec 30, 2016 at 11:32:05AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > I see *NO DIFFERENCE* between that and my previously stated goal. If you want classic Unix permissions on a file system on a fixed partition on a non-removable device, then you simply put the device into /etc/fstab with DEFAULT moun

Re: Problem adding lines to /etc/fstab

2016-12-30 Thread Richard Owlett
On 12/30/2016 10:58 AM, deloptes wrote: Greg Wooledge wrote: On Fri, Dec 30, 2016 at 10:13:26AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: "We went over this already." I don't know about other tallies, but I show ~100 posts. Started reviewing them. Found a chain of links leading me to https://wiki.debian.o

Re: Problem adding lines to /etc/fstab

2016-12-30 Thread deloptes
Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Fri, Dec 30, 2016 at 10:13:26AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: >> "We went over this already." >> >> I don't know about other tallies, but I show ~100 posts. >> Started reviewing them. Found a chain of links leading me to >> https://wiki.debian.org/UserPrivateGroups . I've

Re: Problem adding lines to /etc/fstab

2016-12-30 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Fri, Dec 30, 2016 at 10:13:26AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > "We went over this already." > > I don't know about other tallies, but I show ~100 posts. > Started reviewing them. Found a chain of links leading me to > https://wiki.debian.org/UserPrivateGroups . I've just started > reading it.

Re: Problem adding lines to /etc/fstab

2016-12-30 Thread Richard Owlett
On 12/30/2016 7:09 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Fri, Dec 30, 2016 at 05:17:21AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: /dev/sda7 /media/sda7 ext2users,rw 0 0 /dev/sda8 /media/sda8 ext2users,rw 0 0 In this case I am dealing with the only hard drive existing

Re: Problem adding lines to /etc/fstab

2016-12-30 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Fri, Dec 30, 2016 at 05:17:21AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > >>>/dev/sda7 /media/sda7 ext2users,rw 0 0 > >>>/dev/sda8 /media/sda8 ext2users,rw 0 0 > In this case I am dealing with the only hard drive existing > internal to the laptop. Then why

Re: Problem adding lines to /etc/fstab

2016-12-30 Thread Richard Owlett
On 12/29/2016 3:14 PM, The Wanderer wrote: On 2016-12-29 at 15:59, Pascal Hambourg wrote: Le 29/12/2016 à 16:53, Richard Owlett a écrit : I added these two lines to /etc/fstab: /dev/sda7 /media/sda7 ext2users,rw 0 0 /dev/sda8 /media/sda8 ext2users,rw

Re: Problem adding lines to /etc/fstab

2016-12-30 Thread Richard Owlett
On 12/29/2016 2:59 PM, Pascal Hambourg wrote: Le 29/12/2016 à 16:53, Richard Owlett a écrit : I added these two lines to /etc/fstab: /dev/sda7 /media/sda7 ext2users,rw 0 0 /dev/sda8 /media/sda8 ext2users,rw 0 0 Don't do that. Really. 1) Don't u

Re: Problem adding lines to /etc/fstab

2016-12-29 Thread Pascal Hambourg
Le 29/12/2016 à 22:14, The Wanderer a écrit : On 2016-12-29 at 15:59, Pascal Hambourg wrote: Le 29/12/2016 à 16:53, Richard Owlett a écrit : I added these two lines to /etc/fstab: /dev/sda7 /media/sda7 ext2users,rw 0 0 /dev/sda8 /media/sda8 ext2users,rw

Re: Problem adding lines to /etc/fstab

2016-12-29 Thread The Wanderer
On 2016-12-29 at 15:59, Pascal Hambourg wrote: > Le 29/12/2016 à 16:53, Richard Owlett a écrit : > >> I added these two lines to /etc/fstab: >> /dev/sda7 /media/sda7 ext2users,rw 0 0 >> /dev/sda8 /media/sda8 ext2users,rw 0 0 > > Don't do that. Reall

Re: Problem adding lines to /etc/fstab

2016-12-29 Thread Pascal Hambourg
Le 29/12/2016 à 16:53, Richard Owlett a écrit : I added these two lines to /etc/fstab: /dev/sda7 /media/sda7 ext2users,rw 0 0 /dev/sda8 /media/sda8 ext2users,rw 0 0 Don't do that. Really. 1) Don't use drive or partition device names such as /dev

Re: Problem adding lines to /etc/fstab

2016-12-29 Thread Xen
Greg Wooledge schreef op 29-12-2016 16:59: On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 09:53:28AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: I added these two lines to /etc/fstab: /dev/sda7 /media/sda7 ext2users,rw 0 0 /dev/sda8 /media/sda8 ext2users,rw 0 0 All users can mount and

Re: Problem adding lines to /etc/fstab

2016-12-29 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 09:53:28AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > I added these two lines to /etc/fstab: > /dev/sda7 /media/sda7 ext2users,rw 0 0 > /dev/sda8 /media/sda8 ext2users,rw 0 0 > > All users can mount and read. > However only root can creat

Problem adding lines to /etc/fstab

2016-12-29 Thread Richard Owlett
I am using Jessie with MATE. I added these two lines to /etc/fstab: /dev/sda7 /media/sda7 ext2users,rw 0 0 /dev/sda8 /media/sda8 ext2users,rw 0 0 Did not get what I expected after reading the man pages for fstab and mount(8). All users can mount