Re: [off list] Re: MURPHY'S LAW RULES - was [Re: Coercing sane file permissions -- site specific]
On Tue 22 Nov 2016 at 17:51:56 +0000, Brian wrote:
> 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?
The post above was intended to act as an incentive for you to haul
yourself out of the hole you have dug for yourself.
There is no doubt about the answers to the first two questions being
"yes". Any doubt about the third question having "yes" as a response
can easily be tested.
--
Brian.
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