[PLUG] Permissions for an entire PARTITION

[Nat Taylor]

Without putting a "user" entry in fstab marking it as user mountable?

On Nov 8, 2016 3:57 AM, "Richard Owlett" <rowlett at cloud85.net> wrote:

> On 11/7/2016 3:55 PM, Nat Taylor wrote:
> > How about using a file system windows can't read?
>
> That much was assumed. The catch is my requirement for a Linux
> system to mount a Linux filesystem on particular physical
> partition without requiring root privileges. Keith's post nudged
> me to recognize some of my unrecognized assumptions. After
> voting, I'll restate my question.
>
>
> >
> > 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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