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Earl Grey wrote:
> SchoolTech wrote:
>> Dave Taylor wrote:
>>> SchoolTech <> wrote in news:452aa78c$1
>>> @clear.net.nz:
>>>
>>>> I have an external USB HDD formatted in a 40 GB NTFS partition.
>>>>
>>>> How do I set permissions so that in any computer I take it to,
>>>> whatever username, whatever domain I am logged onto in that
>>>> computer, I will automatically have full permissions on the external
>>>> drive?
>>>>
>>>> Does the Everyone group mean the same thing on any computer?
>>>
>>> Just reformat it to Fat32, that way 9x boxes can see it too (with the
>>> correct driver for your USB caddy)
>>>
>> FAT32 is a complete waste of time, NTFS is miles better
>> It can compress and encrypt seamlessly.
>
> But you did say ANY computer.

Any Windows computer. Obviously, NTFS is for Windows.

SchoolTech wrote:
> Earl Grey wrote:
>> SchoolTech wrote:
>>> Dave Taylor wrote:
>>>> SchoolTech <> wrote in news:452aa78c$1
>>>> @clear.net.nz:
>>>>
>>>>> I have an external USB HDD formatted in a 40 GB NTFS partition.
>>>>>
>>>>> How do I set permissions so that in any computer I take it to,
>>>>> whatever username, whatever domain I am logged onto in that
>>>>> computer, I will automatically have full permissions on the
>>>>> external drive?
>>>>>
>>>>> Does the Everyone group mean the same thing on any computer?
>>>>
>>>> Just reformat it to Fat32, that way 9x boxes can see it too (with
>>>> the correct driver for your USB caddy)
>>>>
>>> FAT32 is a complete waste of time, NTFS is miles better
>>> It can compress and encrypt seamlessly.
>>
>> But you did say ANY computer.
>
> Any Windows computer. Obviously, NTFS is for Windows.

<shrug>
So is FAT32, any Windows computer, unlike NTFS

Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> In message <452cbe92$>, Enkidu wrote:
>
>> Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>> In message <452aa78c$>, SchoolTech wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have an external USB HDD formatted in a 40 GB NTFS partition.
>>>>
>>>> How do I set permissions so that in any computer I take it to, whatever
>>>> username, whatever domain I am logged onto in that computer, I will
>>>> automatically have full permissions on the external drive?
>>> On a Linux system, according to the mount( man page, you can set the
>>> uid, gid and umask mount options so that non-root users can access the
>>> files.
>> You need to be root to issue the mount command though.
>
> You can also set up the mount command, as root, so that non-root users can
> issue it.
>
Yes, but at some stage you would need to edit 'fstab' using root. The
original poster did not seem to have root/administrator access to the
box, otherwise he would not have a problem in the first place.

Cheers,

Cliff

In message <452d5278$>, SchoolTech wrote:

> Earl Grey wrote:
>> SchoolTech wrote:
>>> Dave Taylor wrote:
>>>> SchoolTech <> wrote in news:452aa78c$1
>>>> @clear.net.nz:
>>>>
>>>>> I have an external USB HDD formatted in a 40 GB NTFS partition.
>>>>>
>>>>> How do I set permissions so that in any computer I take it to,
>>>>> whatever username, whatever domain I am logged onto in that
>>>>> computer, I will automatically have full permissions on the external
>>>>> drive?
>>>>>
>>>>> Does the Everyone group mean the same thing on any computer?
>>>>
>>>> Just reformat it to Fat32, that way 9x boxes can see it too (with the
>>>> correct driver for your USB caddy)
>>>>
>>> FAT32 is a complete waste of time, NTFS is miles better
>>> It can compress and encrypt seamlessly.
>>
>> But you did say ANY computer.
>
> Any Windows computer. Obviously, NTFS is for Windows.

Linux can access NTFS too.

On 2006-10-11, Enkidu <> wrote:

>> On a Linux system, according to the mount( man page, you can set the uid,
>> gid and umask mount options so that non-root users can access the files.
>>
> You need to be root to issue the mount command though.

Read that man page. If you list it in /etc/fstab with the user option
anyone (or the automounter) can mount it.

Bye.
Jasen

In message <egkvvh$8a3$>, jasen wrote:

> On 2006-10-11, Enkidu <> wrote:
>
>>> On a Linux system, according to the mount( man page, you can set the
>>> uid, gid and umask mount options so that non-root users can access the
>>> files.
>>>
>> You need to be root to issue the mount command though.
>
> Read that man page. If you list it in /etc/fstab with the user option
> anyone (or the automounter) can mount it.

True, but it _is_ worth pointing out that the OP wanted the ability to take
the drive around to multiple computers, so setting up an fstab line on all
of them may just be too inconvenient.

Earl Grey <> wrote in news:452d5574$:

>> Any Windows computer. Obviously, NTFS is for Windows.
>
> <shrug>
> So is FAT32, any Windows computer, unlike NTFS
>

You want to make your life easier not harder, if you need to use it on a 9x
box, NTFS adds additional driver issues you don't need. NTFS4DOS.

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Ciao, Dave