Re: acces to hfplus partition

[Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>]

On Thu, Sep 08, 2005 at 02:02:30PM -0400, Chadwick wrote:
> On 9/8/05, kohzak <kohzak@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi all
> > 
> > I have an ibook 12 G and dual boot between Osx panther and Debian testing.
> > 
> > I have create a partition in hfsplus and compile my linux kernel to
> > write on it.
> > So my /etc/fstab is :
> > 
> > /dev/hda5       /mnt/osx        hfsplus     user,auto      0   0
> > 
> > The problem is that when i try to mount it, user and group owners of
> > /mnt/osx become 501 and 501.
> > 
> > I've tried to force with
> > 
> > 
> > /dev/hda5       /mnt/osx        hfsplus user,auto,uid=1000,gid=1000     0  0
> > 
> > but it still mount as 501.
> > 
> > I can only copy some file on this parition with root acces.
> > 
> > Does any one know how to change user uid and gid under osx, or any other
> > solution ?
> 
> Personally, I have created a user on the linux side called osx with
> uid 501.  Works fine, but you have to do wierd things to write back
> and forth... maybe this will suit you, too

You could also create a MOL install, and then export the partition under
samba, or whatever equivalent mac os x has, and mount it under linux :)

Friendly,

Sven Luther