Re: PUBLIC CHALLENGE: (was RE: devfs again, (was RE: USB device alloc ation) )

Jesse Pollard (pollard@tomcat.admin.navo.hpc.mil)
Mon, 18 Oct 1999 08:11:53 -0500 (CDT)


(been on vacation)
>Jesse Pollard <pollard@tomcat.admin.navo.hpc.mil> said:
>> /etc/fstab is a better one:
>
>> /dev/scd0 /cdrom iso9660 user,ro,exec,nosuid,nodev,uid=<nnn> 0 0
>>
>> The "ro" is read only mode., the uid option defines the owner of the files. (FAT FS)
>
>That is to map a non-Unix filesystem into something Unixy for
>compatibility. FAT doesn't handle permissions on itself.

The "ro" applies to any filesystem. Granted the uid= only applies to FAT
(along with other limitations).
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