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Re: [SLE] mount question
- From: Jerry Feldman <gaf@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 14:53:49 +0000 (UTC)
- Message-id: <200609251053.41743.gaf@xxxxxxx>
On Monday 25 September 2006 10:42 am, Istvan Gabor wrote:
> Hello all:
>
> I have backed up an ext3 filesystem.
> Now I would like to mount it on another system where I have
> different user name. I would like to avoid working as root with
> the mounted system.
> Can I define the user id/name (practically my other user name)
> who should be the owner of the newly mounted files in the
> case of ext3? I could not find an option for this in the man
> page.
The mounting is not a problem, but the permissions of the directories and
files are. The ownership and group is by userid and group id. If the user
id of a file on one system is associated with your user name, but on the
other system it could be associated with another user or none at all.
--
Jerry Feldman <gaf@xxxxxxx>
Boston Linux and Unix user group
http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9
PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9
> Hello all:
>
> I have backed up an ext3 filesystem.
> Now I would like to mount it on another system where I have
> different user name. I would like to avoid working as root with
> the mounted system.
> Can I define the user id/name (practically my other user name)
> who should be the owner of the newly mounted files in the
> case of ext3? I could not find an option for this in the man
> page.
The mounting is not a problem, but the permissions of the directories and
files are. The ownership and group is by userid and group id. If the user
id of a file on one system is associated with your user name, but on the
other system it could be associated with another user or none at all.
--
Jerry Feldman <gaf@xxxxxxx>
Boston Linux and Unix user group
http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9
PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9
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