On 2014-09-18 16:56, rogerh113 wrote:
>
> Formatted the disk to ext4 with one partition - no problems with that.
>
> There is a file in there called ‘lost and found’ - what is that,
It is used on repairs.
> and how
> do I get rid of it??
Don’t even try.
It is intentionally there.
> I cannot write to the disk - is this a permissions issue, or did I set
> it up wrong?
I told you (at 15:25) how to solve that problem, that you were going to
hit it.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” at Telcontar)
Thanks, and you certainly did!! It did not connect with me then, but now I certainly get it.
Note: If you go with a Linux type format, you will need to add a single
directory, belonging to your user. You will need to do that as root. Put
all your files inside. Otherwise, the system will tell you that you have
no permissions to write on your disk (because it belongs to ‘root’).
I’ve not created a directory before, but will do a bit of research and hopefully will not be too complex.
Thanks – Roger
On 2014-09-18 19:26, hcvv wrote:
> My advice is to first label the file system so you can refer to it
> regardless if it is on /dev/sdb1 or something different:
Absolutely. 
In fact, I said so yesterday, but it got posted today. Internet access
fault.
>
> Also take care: /dev/sdb1 should be the correct partition. Better first
> post here the output of
Better not use that name on fstab, but one of the symlinks. It is an
external disk, it can change.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” at Telcontar)
On 2014-09-18 21:36, rogerh113 wrote:
>
> Thanks, and you certainly did!! It did not connect with me then, but
> now I certainly get it.
>
> Note: If you go with a Linux type format, you will need to add a single
> directory, belonging to your user. You will need to do that as root. Put
> all your files inside. Otherwise, the system will tell you that you have
> no permissions to write on your disk (because it belongs to ‘root’).
>
> I’ve not created a directory before, but will do a bit of research and
> hopefully will not be too complex.
With a file browser (dolphin/nautilus) running as root, it is as simple
as “create new directory here”. Same as in Windows. Then right click on
it to change properties, and change owner and or permissions - again,
same as in windows. At this level, only cosmetics change. Almost
If two people are sharing the same machine and storage, you have several
choices:
one directory for each user, non accessible to others
directories accessible (read/write) to a group of users.
Combinations of the above.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” at Telcontar)
Thanks very much - up and running. I really appreciate all of your help - no way I could have done it, since there are subtleties that I probably would never have picked up on. I’m not used to security on a drive access (don’t really need it at all for my application, and it does add a bit of complexity).
Best regards and thanks again – Roger
It is one reason Linux is secure and Windows is not. File permissions are stricter and not by default wide open. You have to give explicit permission for any code to run before you can run it. Or allow other to modify files you own.
Also the file system is somewhat different in that you hang partitions anywhere you want them to go with whatever permissions you want to give them.
On Thu, 18 Sep 2014 14:36:01 +0000, rogerh113 wrote:
> Just for clarification, how does ext4 compare with NTFS for my
> application. I really do doubt I will go out of the linux world with
> this computer.
NTFS has no support for *nix ownership, groups, or permissions. Some
Linux software may well choke because of that.
If you’re not using Windows with the drive, don’t use Windows filesystems
on the drive.
Jim
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