[mdlug] Portable hard drives.

[Aaron Kulkis]

Garry Stahl wrote:
> Jeff Hanson wrote:
>> I think he means getting around the UID/GID issues inherent in moving
>> a drive with a filesystem that has them between different systems that
>> don't have synchronized user accounts.
>>   
> 
> Exactly.  Fat and NTFS are pretty much sluts.  They will sync up with
> any old computer.  Linux file systems are more secure and chaste.  They
> want passwords and assuredness that you really love them, preferably a
> nice ring.
> 
> So how do you turn xfs or etx3 into system sluts?

mount $FILESYSTEM
cd $MOUNTPOINT
chown -R nobody,nobody  * .*
chmod -R 777 * .*

> 
> As to Fat, I have no windows systems, ask me if I care.
>