[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

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



On Tue 22 Nov 2016 at 08:38:55 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote:

> On 11/21/2016 11:15 AM, David Wright wrote:
> >Disclaimer: I have no idea what the subject of this thread is about.
> 
> <chuckle with tinge of frown ;>
> If I was going on only on the responses to my post starting this sub-thread
> I would wonder myself ;/

Forgetting about the subject line, the content of the thread starter is
essentially: you want to plug a USB stick into your Debian machine and
want totally unfettered read/write access when logged in as user.

I'll repeat part of the content of another post:

 > You have USB stick which is formatted FAT16 (say). I'd expect after
 > plugging it into your Debian machine 'lsblk' would show the device
 > and its partitions. Does this happen?
 >
 > Then something like
 >
 >   pmount sdg1
 >
 > would put the mount point as /media/sdg1. Does this happen?

Two questions requiring only a "yes" or "no" response.

If you do not mind, a third question. Do you now have totally unfettered
read/write access to /media/sdg1 as a user?

-- 
Brian.



Reply to: