Hi Bob.

20-Jun-04 09:20:28, Bob Lawrence wrote to All


 BL> Hi all, I've got a problem with my Linux (pronounced Links) links.

 BL> On this computer that will become the gateway, I can boot three
 BL> systems. Win31 only sees the DOS6 (less than 2Gb) drives; Win98
 BL> sees all the drives but can't read Linux, and Linux sees all. I
 BL> can access the Windows drives from Linux, which cleverly created a
 BL> Mime link to the real drives, just like the real thing... in all
 BL> but one respect, apparently. Linux is so intent on protecting
 BL> "security" that it makes the Windows drives read-only, except for
 BL> ROOT.

Are the windows drives NTFS or FAT-32 ?

AIUI NTFS support is still experimental... best not to write files to it

FAT-32 (anf your dos-6 FAT-16) can be mounted to be writable by users
you need to edit /etc/fstab (or uses some config tool if you have one for
mounting partitions)

if it's a msdos or vfat filesystem what you may want is
"umask=666" on the end of
the fstab line for that partition.

(that'll let all users write to the partition)

if you onoy want "bob" to have access do "umask=600 uid=bob"

Then only bob and root will be able to read/write the windows drives.

if you want others to have read access leavve off the "umask=600"

 BL> Now comes the norty part. When in your actual Windows on the other
 BL> computer, using this computer in Linux running the Samba network,
 BL> I cannot log in as root - and when I log in as bob

that's a security feature... I forget how to turn it off.

 BL> , to my horror I
 BL> discover that all the Windows drives become read-only. I can read
 BL> them and copy them, but I can't change them. I am cut off in my
 BL> prime.

 BL> I can change the permissions to the Mime (as root), but when I try
 BL> to change the permissions on an actual Windows file to bob, I get
 BL> a Linux message telling me that I don't have sufficient access.
 BL> Root isn't enough access? Is there a super-root, or a flying red
 BL> fuck?

windows drives don't store ownership of files... try what I said above.

 BL> My question is: can I change a mime link to have other than
 BL> root/root access (owner = root, group = root), or are all mime
 BL> links locked to root? I don't mean the link... I mean the *actual*
 BL> file behind the link.

dunno what a "mime link" is see if there's a spot where you can
put  uid=bob

 -=> Bye <=-

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