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Re: Coercing sane file permissions -- site specific



On Sat 19 Nov 2016 at 19:51:06 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote:

> On 11/19/2016 5:07 PM, Brian wrote:
> >On Sat 19 Nov 2016 at 12:51:58 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote:
> >
> >>I use fat16 and fat32 formatted USB flash drives for _EXACTLY_ *ONE*
> >>purpose.
> >>It is to transfer data to/from a Windows machine.
> >>There is NO [nor will there ever be] a network connection between them.
> >
> >No connection to the internet. No connection to the local network. Has a
> >Debian machine ever been so emasculated? Plus it has nothing to do with
> >the problem posed.
> >
> >>When I plug one into my Debian machine I want totally unfettered read/write
> >>access.
> >>[when logged in as root or *ANY* user ID]
> >
> >The recent thread "parted is ALMOST suitable" has a post
> >with the line
> >
> >  Wheezy has /etc/udev/rules.d/91-permissions.rules; Jessie doesn't.
> >
> >Perhaps if you reread that portion of the thread and ask yourself:
> >
> >  Wheezy has /etc/udev/rules.d/91-permissions.rules; what would happen
> >  if Jessie did too?
> >
> >>{any one notice a tone of frustration ;/}
> >
> >No. But we will waited with baited breath for you to report back on the
> >suggestion.
> >
> 
> 
> *NON SRQUITURE* (s)

Sorry. I took "unfettered read/write" access as a user to mean
partition/format in addition to writing a file to the disk.

Doesn't pmount fit the bill if all you want is to read/write?

-- 
Brian.


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