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MURPHY'S LAW RULES - was [Re: Coercing sane file permissions -- site specific]



On 11/19/2016 12:51 PM, 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.

When I plug one into my Debian machine I want totally unfettered
read/write access.
[when logged in as root or *ANY* user ID]


HOW?
{any one notice a tone of frustration ;/}


Just now, using the "Places" entry on MATE's menu bar I was able to:
 1. mount the specific flash drive that triggered this 'plaint.
2. edit the *SPECIFIC* text file that Pluma would only open as "READ ONLY".
    That had been "straw that broke the camel's back".

This has me wondering if the objectionable reaction was *before* OR *after* having run
     gsettings set org.mate.media-handling automount false

For another project, I was already intending to create a custom preseed.cfg. That will allow me to do _functionally_ identical installs [only physical difference being the target partition of the installation procedure.].

Is there a standard log file that will record *ALL* operator GUI *OR* command line actions *AND* the system's response?

I've the time but am short on test procedure design skills.





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