Alexander Dalloz wrote: > Am Sa, den 24.07.2004 schrieb Marian POPESCU um 19:32: > >> Disk /dev/hdf >> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System >> /dev/hdf1 * 1 1306 10490413+ 83 Linux >> /dev/hdf2 1307 2434 9060660 5 Extended >> /dev/hdf5 1307 2434 9060628+ 83 Linux > >> $ls -l /mnt/ > >> drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 Jul 24 17:31 lin1 >> drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 Jul 24 17:31 lin2 > >> Now, I want to mount hdf1 and hdf5 onto /mnt/lin1 and /mnt/lin2 so that >> an ordinary user can modify (create, change, delete) the contents of the >> two partitions. >> >> My fstab looks like >> [...] >> /dev/hdf1 /mnt/lin1 ext3 defaults,rw,exec,suid,user 0 >> 0 >> /dev/hdf5 /mnt/lin2 ext3 defaults,rw,exec,suid,user 0 >> 0 >> [...] > > Only use defaults as the mount option. Both are ext3 partitions - > concluded from your own fstab entries - and so you must handle > permissions _inside_ the filesystem, means by giving the directories and > files the proper permissions. As an example, giving that /hdf1 is > formatted but empty. Then create on it after you mounted it a directory > called testdir with "chmod 777" and every user has full permissions in > it. > >> When I do >> $mount /mnt/lin1 >> $ls -l /mnt/ >> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 18 03:10 cdrom >> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 18 03:10 cdrom1 >> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 18 03:10 floppy >> drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Jul 24 18:37 lin1 >> drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 Jul 24 17:31 lin2 >> >> Which means that, as ordinary user, I cannot create, change or delete >> files on /mnt/lin1. > > No, it does not mean that. > Run "ls -ld /home" and you'll quickly see that you are wrong. I think > you will have to read some stuff about *NIX permission structures. > >> Marian > > Alexander > > Thanks for your reply! So, I was looking for my glasses which were on my nose ... There is one thing, though, that a normal user cannot do: create a directory on lin1! Am I wrong? [marian@mypc /]$ mkdir /mnt/lin1/mydir mkdir: cannot create directory `/mnt/lin1/mydir': Permission denied Can I do something about it? Marian
