drop the umask and suid?
On Thursday 01 November 2001 12:58 am, you wrote:
> On Tuesday 30 October 2001 06:25 am, you wrote:
> > change usr to user and add mode=0777
> >
> > /dev/sda1 /mnt/usbhd auto
> > noauto,user,rw,uid=500,gid=100,mode=0777,umask=002,suid 0 0
>
> Andrew & Scott,
>
> Sharp eyes !! Now how did I miss that. Followed your suggestions and
> made changes. No joy.......Same problem.....Continue to get the
> error message, "Only root can mount /dev/sda1 on /mnt/usbhd"
>
> I also did what Scott mentioned in an earlier post by doing a chmod
> on each of the directories. Doesn't seem to make any difference. The
> command seems to be accepted but there is no change in permissions.
> I also noticed this. When the camera is not mounted /usbhd is owned
> by me with the users group. As soon as the camera is mounted with the
> command "mount /mnt/usbhd" as root, the permissions on /usbhd change
> back to root with root group.????
>
> Root will not relinquish control of /usbhd. Any other ideas guys ?
>
> Bob S.
>
> > On Monday 29 October 2001 11:07 pm, you wrote:
> > > Hi Sluggers,
> > >
> > > OK, Here you go. Should be simple but is not.
> > >
> > > Have my usb Olympic camera set up to review/download fotos fo my
> > > system from the camera. Have it set to /mnt/usbhd.
> > >
> > > Works fine ....as root.....When I try to mount the camera as a
> > > user, I get the following messsage. "Only root can mount dev/sda1
> > > on /mnt/usbhd" Yeah, I know I can open a terminal, su, and mount
> > > the usbhd (the camera) and go on from there. Shouldn't have to
> > > do that though.
> > >
> > > When I sent a message about my Olympus camera Scot Piper wrote.
> > > "Having to be root is probably just a permissions problem with
> > > the directory where your usb stuff goes. Just chmod a+w
> > > directory and you (and every other user) will be able to access
> > > it"
> > >
> > > Now, I have changed permissions on every device associated with
> > > the camera. sda1 shows owner as Bob (that's me) and the group as
> > > users. Why ???? can only root mount a device that is owned by
> > > me??
> > >
> > > Here is the line from my fstab which pertains to the camera,
> > > which by the way has been changed a dozen times in an attempt to
> > > make this work. Don't even know why some of the entries are in
> > > there. Advice from others trying to help out.
> > >
> > > /dev/sda1 /mnt/usbhd auto
> > > noauto,usr,rw,uid=500,gid=100,umask=002,suid 0 0
> > >
> > > Additionally, but not a big deal, you must mount the usb-storage
> > > module for the cameera to work. I put a line in rc.d local to
> > > mount it but if the camera is not on when I boot I a get a long
> > > list of complaints at boot time. Is there a better way to do
> > > this?
> > >
> > > Hope one of you sluggers can help me make this work properly.
> > >
> > > Bob S.
> > >
> > > PS coming soon, a more complicated issue, scanner recognition !!
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