Need some feedback on permissions external disk[SOLVED]

jocheem67 · 2021-04-25 07:55:45

Hi all,

The external disk is Ext4 formatted, and contains some sensitive stuff. I will carry it around a bit, but use it solely on my own computers. I'm using xfce4 exlusively on all my computers.
The thing automounts as root to

/run/media/me/External_disk

So this is what I did permission-wise:

chown -R me:me /run/media/me/External_disk

so every folder inside 'External_disk' is owned by me as regular user. On top of that i did

chmod -R 700 /run/media/me/External_disk

This seems to work fine as in I can create directories inside 'External_disk´ as user, however:
-- Any ideas against this regarding security or permissions? And if so ->
--Suggestions?
--Should I just loose myself in the wiki's?

Thanks in advance....

Last edited by jocheem67 (2021-04-27 03:20:59)

jasonwryan · 2021-04-25 07:59:27

If you carry it around, and it contains sensitive stuff, then I wouldn't worry about setting permissions on the mountpoint: encrypt the disk.

jocheem67 · 2021-04-26 17:30:37

I will look into encryprion. But isf i´d choose not to use encryption: what's your assessment on my permssions?

Slithery · 2021-04-26 17:39:34

If the drive isn't encrypted then permissions won't make the slightest bit of difference, anyone can just boot a live distro and mount it with whatever permissions they want.

jocheem67 · 2021-04-27 03:20:40

Ok then..I didn't think of that. Thanks for your input.

Last edited by jocheem67 (2021-04-27 03:21:40)

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#1 2021-04-25 07:55:45

Need some feedback on permissions external disk[SOLVED]

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Re: Need some feedback on permissions external disk[SOLVED]

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Re: Need some feedback on permissions external disk[SOLVED]

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Re: Need some feedback on permissions external disk[SOLVED]

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