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Re: Debian Squeeze mounting problem

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David Christensen wrote:
> On 10/31/2015 08:28 AM, Richard Owlett wrote:
>> I'm having problems understanding
>> http://manpages.debian.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mount&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=Debian+6.0.10+squeeze&format=html&locale=en
>>
>>
>> I have 3 partitions labeled proj-all, proj-1, and proj-2.
>> The machine intentionally has no networking.
>> There are 2 relevant but minimally privileged users [u1 and u2].
>> I wish to have proj-all mounted at power on with
>> read/write/execute
>> privileges for both u1 and u2.
>>
>> proj-1 and/or proj-2 will be mounted separately if required.
>> Once mounted, u1 and u2 will each have read/write access.
>>
>> How do I accomplish this.
>
> I don't use labels much in Linux, but they can be helpful when I
> have multiple disk drives of the same make and model with
> identical partitioning schemes.
>
>
> I use UUID's to identify partitions in /etc/fstab.  For example:
>
>      # /boot was on /dev/sda1 during installation
>      UUID=2ef32b38-2ede-491d-9d4d-e9da3282170f /boot
> ext4        defaults,discard                    0       2
>
>
> "mount" connects a disk partition containing a file system into
> the Linux file system heirarchical tree.
>
>
> Traditional read, write, and execute permissions are controlled
> by the "mode" bits:
>
>      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modes_%28Unix%29
>
>
> So:
>
> 1.  If you want all users to have full access to the file system
> on the partition labeled "proj-all", then you need to create an
> empty directory (mount point), mount the partition file system
> into that directory, and set the "other" read, write, and execute
> mode bits of the directory once mounted.
>
> 2.  If you want just u1 and u2 to have full access to "proj-all",
> then you need to create an empty directory, mount the partition,
> create a group containing u1 and u2, change the group ownership
> of the directory to the group you created, set the "group" read,
> write, and execute bits, and clear the "other" bits.
>
> 3.  If you want just u1 to have full access to "proj-1", then you
> need to create an empty directory, mount the partition, and
> either create a group with just u1 and do the above, or change
> the user ownership of the directory to u1, set the "user" read,
> write, and execute bits, and clear the "group" and "other" bits.
>
>


Thank you.
The "shape" of your answer indicates my question could be better 
phrased.
The Wikipedia reference (or one of its links) indicates the 
answer will not be of the originally desired "shape".
I think I've been given enough hints to create a workable if not 
ideal solution.

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Debian Squeeze mounting problem Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2015-10-31 16:30 +0100
  Re: Debian Squeeze mounting problem David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2015-10-31 22:10 +0100
    Re: Debian Squeeze mounting problem Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2015-11-01 20:50 +0100
      Re: Debian Squeeze mounting problem Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2015-11-05 15:40 +0100
        ntfs, a POSSIBLE solution - was [Re: Debian Squeeze mounting problem] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2015-11-08 20:20 +0100

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