On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 09:30:29 +0100, Alexander Raab <alexander.raab@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, all. > Is there a possibility to set the permissons of ummounted mountpoints to > writeprotected? > I am coping files very often without checking if a usb-drive is really > mounted. > > Alex I think this would be possible, but only if what you are mounting is, say, formatted with FAT or FAT32. I know the permissions for those FSs are set when the device is mounted with options in fstab. You should be able to "chmod -w" the mount point (device is not mounted), which should prevent writing. Then when the device is mounted, the options should change the permissions. You can always try it and see what happens. I know if the device is formatted with ext3 then you simply chmod/chown the directory after the device is mounted to change the permissions on the device. I don't recall whether these permissions are seperate from those of the directory when nothing is mounted there. Again, I'd suggest just trying it and seeing what happens. You can always change it if it doesn't work. Jonathan
