Re: Question on Xandros

On 10-Dec-07, at 11:17 PM, vampyre wolf wrote:

> Since every computer I work on other than my own is running
> windows, I format my cards/usb/eternal HD as fat32... didn't know
> that wouldn't save permissions on it.

Yeah, the only permissions that FAT32 really has is "read-only" or not.

> Still doesn't explain why I can't save the settings on my system.
> Not sure what the default format is for xandros, it's on the
> charger right now.

Hmm... I don't have a good answer to that...

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> On Dec 10, 2007 7:28 PM, Tony Arkles <tony@intrex.ca> wrote:
> Sorry if I missed this question earlier: do you know what
> filesystem is on it? If it is FAT32, then it won't save
> permissions, and if it is NTFS, then your kernel may not have write
> support.
>
> On 10-Dec-07, at 10:40 AM, vampyre wolf wrote:
>
>> ok... wasn't able to find fstab...
>>
>> used chmod 777 to give me read/write access, though I still can't
>> set ownership of it to user. Currently moving over a music folder
>> to it without a problem from a different flash drive.
>>
>> Bigger problem right now is that it doesn't save settings or
>> files.... almost like it thinks it's a live cd. I can modify my
>> permissions, yet when I reboot it all defaults.
>>
>> Pulling my hair out here, would like to keep the xandros install,
>> but I'm tempted to go ubuntu on here too.
>>
>> On Dec 10, 2007 9:51 AM, Dave Hall <dave-slg@dnh.sk.ca> wrote:
>> Does Xandros have selinux included/enabled? That's one thing that
>> could
>> result in a non-obvious permissions problem.
>>
>> If you have selinux, you should be able to do the following:
>>
>> 'ls -Z' should show security context of files.
>>
>> 'id' and 'sudo id' should display your user and root security
>> contexts.
>>
>> Here's a little more explanation of what some of this stuff means:
>> http://www.linuxtopia.org/online_books/
>> getting_started_with_SELinux/SELinux_overview.html
>>
>> Takes a bit to wrap your head around but once you do, it makes sense.
>>
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Received on Tue Dec 11 07:17:53 2007