upgrading 12.04 to 14.04 gives many problems

[R Kimber]

On Thu, 04 Sep 2014 14:33:51 +0200
Joep L. Blom wrote:

> 2.    Next my backuppc would´nt start and I discovered that for some 
> reason or other all soft links were destroyed as those in charge in 
> their endless wisdom had decided to mount external device on 
> /media/user/some_name instead of originally /media/some_name. This 
> destroyed off course all soft links but not only that but the 
> permissions remained the same. So device storage-1 (on an external 250Gb 
> drive) is now mounted on /media/joep/storage-1 but not with the 
> permissions related to my name. That is in-consequent. The original way 
> is much more logical. Moreover some devices (external disks) are mounted 
> with root permissions and others (USB-sticks) with user permissions Why??.

I guess the new system is geared to machines that might have several users,
so mounts have been put under usernames. I can't think of any other reason
for it. I assume that the developers are more interested in the corporate
context in which Ubuntu might be used, rather than in home users, who are
usually either single individuals, or multiple users that trust each
other.  I've always found the permissions issue irritating.  This is
nothing new.  What would be really nice would be if someone produced a
'home version' for people like me who would like an environment that is
easier for me to take control of - like the earlier versions of linux. That
doesn't imply that security should be compromised - just that the home user
doesn't need the same levels as the corporate user.

- Richard.
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Richard Kimber