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Re: Problem adding lines to /etc/fstab

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On 12/30/2016 7:09 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 30, 2016 at 05:17:21AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote:
>>>>> /dev/sda7       /media/sda7     ext2    users,rw     0       0
>>>>> /dev/sda8       /media/sda8     ext2    users,rw     0       0
>
>> In this case I am dealing with the only hard drive existing
>> internal to the laptop.
>
> Then why are you using "users" at all?  Just let it mount with the
> default options.  You know, after you figure out what kind of file
> system it should contain, and after you adjust the ownerships and
> permissions on the files therein, if you select a Unix-type file
> system.
>
> You don't have a problem that in the realm of fstab yet.  You have
> a problem with the basic understanding of file systems.  Once you
> understand how a file system works, the fstab line for a static mount
> from a self-constrained single device is just a trivial afterthought.
>
> The ONLY way an fstab line will contain any interesting stuff is if you
> opt to use a DOS-type file system, in which case you will need to use
> mount options that lay some phony Unix-type metadata on top of it.
> E.g. "mount -o uid=richard,gid=goodusers,umask=002  ..."
> This would PRESENT the metadata-less files as if they are actually
> owned by user richard, group goodusers, permissions 664 (-rw-rw-r--)
> and 775 (drwxrwxr-x).  This is just one possible example.
>
>

You were closer to an _applicable_ answer yesterday in stating 
"We went over this already."

I don't know about other tallies, but I show ~100 posts.
Started reviewing them. Found a chain of links leading me to 
https://wiki.debian.org/UserPrivateGroups . I've just started 
reading it. It addresses my goal. It is not clear whether it or 
something addressing ACL's poke me just right to clear my mental 
logjam.

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Problem adding lines to /etc/fstab Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-12-29 17:00 +0100
  Re: Problem adding lines to /etc/fstab Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2016-12-29 22:00 +0100
    Re: Problem adding lines to /etc/fstab The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2016-12-29 22:20 +0100
      Re: Problem adding lines to /etc/fstab Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2016-12-29 23:10 +0100
      Re: Problem adding lines to /etc/fstab Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-12-30 12:20 +0100
        Re: Problem adding lines to /etc/fstab Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2016-12-30 14:20 +0100
          Re: Problem adding lines to /etc/fstab Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-12-30 17:20 +0100
            Re: Problem adding lines to /etc/fstab Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2016-12-30 17:20 +0100
              Re: Problem adding lines to /etc/fstab deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2016-12-30 18:00 +0100
                Re: Problem adding lines to /etc/fstab Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-12-30 18:40 +0100
                Re: Problem adding lines to /etc/fstab Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2016-12-30 18:40 +0100
                Re: Problem adding lines to /etc/fstab Nicholas Geovanis <nickgeovanis@gmail.com> - 2016-12-30 19:00 +0100
                Re: Problem adding lines to /etc/fstab Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz> - 2016-12-30 20:30 +0100
                Re: Problem adding lines to /etc/fstab deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2016-12-30 21:00 +0100
                Re: Problem adding lines to /etc/fstab Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-12-31 10:40 +0100
                Re: Problem adding lines to /etc/fstab "John L. Ries" <jries@salford-systems.com> - 2016-12-30 19:20 +0100
        Re: Problem adding lines to /etc/fstab "John L. Ries" <jries@salford-systems.com> - 2016-12-30 19:20 +0100
    Re: Problem adding lines to /etc/fstab Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-12-30 12:20 +0100

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