Re: What to do with a DVD-RW +VR disk? UDF file system

[Dom <toyer@rpdom.net>]

On 29/10/11 20:17, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> On Sat, 29 Oct 2011 05:22:39 +0100, Dom wrote:
>
> > On 28/10/11 21:12, Hendrik Boom wrote: (snip lots of stuff I can't help
> > with)
> >
> > > What's my next step?  Presumably it's a permissions problem.
> >
> > I don't think it's permissions (you did log right out and in again after
> > adding yourself to the crdom group, right?)
>
> It's hard to see how it could not be a permisions problem, because the
> top-level directory on the DVD has no permissions -- neither read, write,
> nor execute are allowed to anybody, no matter whether owner, group, or
> world.

Ah, my apologies. I missed the permissions of the top level when I read 
your mail.

Hmm, very odd. Perhaps the umask= option on mount can override this? 
Unfortunately I am unable to test this myself.

> Unless VLC partially runs as root, of course. or completely bypasss the
> file systam.

AFAIK it uses normal file system access methods.

--
Dom