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Re: More formatting USB

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From: candyc...@f172.n1.z21.fsxnet (candycane)
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Subject: Re: More formatting USB
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2023 23:34:33 +1300
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by: candycane - Tue, 29 Aug 2023 10:34 UTC

JP> You just need to change the permissions/owner on the root directory on
JP> the device, to do this mount the device, assuming it's /mnt, then as
JP> root: chown user.group /mnt
JP> chmod a+rwx /mnt

Some fsystems (fat32) let you set ownership in the mount settings, letting you
create a mountpt group and assigning it in the fstab

JP> I don't change the permissions of the mountpoint so that if I
JP> accidently try to write to it without anything mounted there I get a
JP> permission denied message.

Pretty smart.

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