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by scoobydu » Tue Sep 02, 2003 8:49 pm
hi
This must a be a daft question, but how do I let a normal user have access to /mnt/fatx/f ??
The normal user cant look in this mnt
Thanks
Great distro btw
might even buy another xbox for a webserver
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by del33ted_g33k » Thu Sep 04, 2003 12:14 am
i know if you put "sudo " before the program you want to load it will have access to F drive
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by scoobydu » Thu Sep 04, 2003 2:20 pm
Hi, thanks for the response
sudo still gives root access though, and I don't the application to run with any root privs
Cant change the owner of the mount, or mount with the 'user' option ... they make no differance.
??
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by bikr » Thu Sep 04, 2003 5:47 pm
you can set up an automount on the drive and change the permissoins in fstab.. wait , maybe my brain hurts , i'll get back with you --Bikr
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by scoobydu » Sat Sep 06, 2003 12:47 am
Tried masking with mount, but no joy with that either ......
Any ideas?
ShaLLaX is this possible? just thought you may of tried it?
thanks
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by ShALLaX » Thu Sep 18, 2003 4:47 am
FatX bug - means its not possible
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by scoobydu » Thu Sep 18, 2003 2:02 pm
ShALLaX wrote: FatX bug - means its not possible
Damn!
Thanks for the update though.
ShALLaX you mentioned the new version of pro could be installed on 'f' taking control of all the space with reiser file system.
Would this mean we could use all of the space as a user on the f drive?
Thanks
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by ShALLaX » Thu Sep 18, 2003 2:04 pm
Yep, the whole F drive becomes a linux partition
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by scoobydu » Thu Sep 18, 2003 2:12 pm
ShALLaX wrote: Yep, the whole F drive becomes a linux partition
Quick reply!
Thats what I need, can I do it without a reinstall? and with ext3 rather than reiser? (I've had some bad experiences with reiser in the past)
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by bikr » Thu Sep 18, 2003 3:08 pm
I don't have the means to experiment , however , the new pro includes the new fatx drivers , this may now be a reality.. Perhaps shallax has more insight to this than me.. as I do not have an xbox with an F drive.. --Bikr
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by ShALLaX » Thu Sep 18, 2003 3:46 pm
By new drivers i meant the same drivers that are available in the home edition
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by scoobydu » Thu Sep 18, 2003 4:00 pm
Sorry guys don't understand those last two posts
Is the mechanism (maybe magic) available to take the complete f drive for linux, without having to install from the new pro cd?
I don't have the home version at all.
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by ShALLaX » Thu Sep 18, 2003 4:02 pm
No, you cant use magic to do this.... only the install CDs can.
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by scoobydu » Thu Sep 18, 2003 4:09 pm
Arrh, OK, thx, an install of the new pro due tonight then
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by scoobydu » Thu Sep 18, 2003 4:54 pm
Could just do with a Network install CD now