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#1 2007-09-30 19:38:45

fernux
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[solved]Onley root permissions on separate drive

Hi
I have an ext3 formated  separate drive for bak.

And i can't create any files on that because it has root permissions.
On Arch generated entries in fstab do i have permissions as regular user
but i have the same line defaults and  sdc1 has only root permissions.
Way does it not work?

My  fstab:

/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom   iso9660   ro,user,noauto,unhide   0      0
/dev/dvd /mnt/dvd   udf   ro,user,noauto,unhide   0      0
/dev/sda1 /boot ext2 defaults 0 1
/dev/sda2 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/sda3 / ext3 defaults 0 1
/dev/sda4 /home ext3 defaults 0 1

#win_xp
/dev/sdb1 /media/sdb1 ntfs ro,user,fmask=0133,dmask=0022,uid=1000,gid=1000 0 0
#samsung
/dev/sdd1 /media/sdd1 ntfs ro,user,fmask=0133,dmask=0022,uid=1000,gid=1000 0 0
# seagate ext3
/dev/sdc1 /media/sdc1 ext3 defaults,user  0 1
#usb
/dev/sde1  /mnt/usb1  vfat noauto,rw,user,umask=0000 0 0
/dev/sdf1  /mnt/usb2  vfat noauto,rw,user,umask=0000 0 0

Last edited by fernux (2007-10-01 00:35:41)

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#2 2007-09-30 20:03:14

ralvez
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Re: [solved]Onley root permissions on separate drive

On that second HD, as root, create a directory (say you call it backups) and then chown yourid:users backups
From there on, even though root owns the HD your user owns that directory and you just put your files in there.
You can even make a symlink to it in your home directory pointing to your backups directory and that way it is always one click away.

As a matter of fact that's how I have mine set up cool

Hope this helps.

R

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#3 2007-09-30 20:26:46

fernux
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Re: [solved]Onley root permissions on separate drive

To  take ownership is a god solution, and now i  remember that command chown.
But i want the hole drive to be accessed as a regular user,
and i don't understand way it don't.

Tanks  for your replay

/Mikael

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#4 2007-09-30 20:53:43

daf666
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Re: [solved]Onley root permissions on separate drive

try
# chown -R <dir> <user>
# chgrp -R users <dir>

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#5 2007-09-30 20:54:25

ralvez
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Re: [solved]Onley root permissions on separate drive

I think that by default Unix systems mount all HDDs owned by root, but you can alter that in your fstab.
You can for example set your fstab  like this:
/dev/sdb /mnt/backup   ext3   rw,user=yourid, auto   0      0
so that you own the disk and have rw permissions.

I have not done such thing in years now but if my memory does not fail me that should work for you.

R

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#6 2007-10-01 00:41:35

fernux
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Re: [solved]Onley root permissions on separate drive

I have solved it now::D

As root in terminal:

chown  -R mikael /media/sdc1

This means that  user mikael get ownership of hole partition (file) sdc1

Tanks ralvez for helping me solving this

Last edited by fernux (2007-10-01 00:44:49)

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#7 2007-10-01 01:02:38

ralvez
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Re: [solved]Onley root permissions on separate drive

@fernux

Glad to be of help.

R

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