[PLUG] Permissions for an entire PARTITION

[Nat Taylor]

How about using a file system windows can't read?

On Nov 7, 2016 4:23 AM, "Richard Owlett" <rowlett at cloud85.net> wrote:

>
> My primary use case is a laptop:
>    1. purchased explicitly for use as a test bed.
>    2. whose HD has been erased multiple times in ONE day.
>    3. is isolated from ANY network.
>    4. has multiple installs of Debian, primarily classed as:
>       a. a full GUI install - what one would get choosing all
> installer defaults.
>       b. a GUI install limited to the tools I use routinely.
>       c. an install oriented to whatever my current experiment needs.
>    5. has 2 classes of "DATA Partitions":
>       a. those which UID 1000 may mount without entering any
> password.
>       b. those which *ANY* user may mount only by using root
> password.
> The second use case is an existing machine with WinXP which is
> why I do not wish these "DATA Partitions" to be Windows readable.
>
> When origially asking this question in another forum I assumed
> (apparently incorrectly) that partitions handled user/group/world
> permissions in a manner similar to file systems.
>
> I gather that I can approximately solve the problem with
> appropriate entries in /etc/fstab (pointer to good tutorial
> please). That approach has short comings:
>     1. requires custom editing of /etc/fstab for each install.
>     2. requires custom editing of /etc/fstab for each install
>        whenever a partition is added.
> I've also been pointed to pmount which has similar problems.
>
> Clearer than mud? ;/
> TIA
>
>
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