mount usb: same username different uid: problem

[Basil Chupin]

On 18/06/12 16:35, Uwe Brauer wrote:
>>> On Sat, 16 Jun 2012 19:19:42 +1000, Basil Chupin
>>> <blchupin at iinet.net.au> wrote:
>     > On 16/06/12 00:00, Uwe Brauer wrote:
>     >>
>     >> Uwe Brauer
>
>     > You don't say which desktop environment you are using.
>
> As I figured out it has nothing to do with the desktop environment.
>
>     > Nevertheless, I don't think that it is a matter of uid being 1000 or
>     > 1002 but PERMISSIONS, and who owns the USB device.
> Well yes and no. The standard mount command mounts the USB
> system (with a jfs file system) according to the uid, and
> gid of the system!
>
> There seems to be a patch for extX system which allows to
> specify the uid and gid of the usb disc.
> https://lwn.net/Articles/497106/
> alas as far as I can seems not to be standard, yet.
>
>
>
>     > Mount the device and in a terminal as root - oops, Ubuntu doesn't have
>     > 'root' - that is, using "sudo" issue these 2 commands in sequence:
>
>     > sudo chown -R oub.users /dev/<USB-device> [ENTER]
>
>     > then
>
>     > sudo chmod -R u=rwx,g=rwm o= /dev/<USB-device> [ENTER]
>
> Right but I consider this solution as being cumbersome
> especially if there are a lot of files.

Right..."cumbersome"...

You only ever need to do it ONCE.

But then, you would know better - which is why you are asking for help 
with the problem, right?

BC

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