ntfs USB HDD permissions

[Vladimir]

On Sat, 2006-04-08 at 23:06 +0300, George Billios wrote:
> -------- Original Message  --------
> From: Vladimir <vlad_st at sympatico.ca>
> To: hal at lists.freedesktop.org
> Subject: ntfs USB HDD permissions
> Date: Sat Apr 08 2006 20:09:39
> 
> > Hello everybody,
> > 	Trying to setup permissions on ntfs USB harddrive on Fedora 5. It gives
> > access to root only. In accordance to HAL I have to configure policy.
> > Tried different ways - nothing works. Latest configuration:
> > 
> > Created
> > file /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/95-ntfs-permissions.fdi:
> > 
> > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <!-- -*- SGML -*- -->
> > 
> > <deviceinfo version="0.2">
> > 
> > <!-- Mount external ntfs drives with user privileges -->
> >   <device>
> >     <match key="block.is_volume" bool="true">
> >       <match key="volume.fsusage" string="filesystem">
> >         <match key="@block.storage_device:storage.no_partitions_hint"
> > bool="false">
> >           <match key="volume.partition.msdos_part_table_type"
> > exists="true">
> >             <match key="volume.partition.msdos_part_table_type"
> > int="0x07">
> >               <merge key="volume.policy.mount_option.umask=022"
> > type="bool">true</merge>
> >               </match>
> >             </match>
> >           </match>
> >         </match>
> >       </match>
> >     </device>
> > </deviceinfo>
> > 
> > Restarted haldaemon,
> > 
> > After attaching HDD lshal gives
> > ...
> > udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/volume_uuid_46004880004878C7'
> > info.hal_mount.mounted_by_uid = 500 (0x1f4) (int)
> > info.hal_mount.created_mount_point = '/media/Remote_2-1' (string)
> > volume.policy.mount_option.umask=022 = true (bool)
> > volume.unmount.valid_options = {'lazy'} (string list)
> > volume.mount.valid_options = {'ro', 'sync', 'dirsync', 'noatime',
> > 'nodiratime', 'noexec', 'quiet', 'umask='} (string list)
> > ...
> > and permissions still the same as before:
> > ...
> > dr-x------ 1 root root 4096 Mar 26 14:00 Remote_2
> > ...
> > May be there is any other settings or services which overwrite HAL? Any
> > ideas?
> > Thanks a lot
> > Vladimir
> > 
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> > 
> 
> 
> The problem is gnome-mount.
> 
> This is the new kid on the block which is used in FC5 to mount/umount
> volumes and guess what....
> 
> It doesn't check at hal properties at all! The idea in the future
> (probably in 2010+ checking from the progress in gnome-mount cvs --
> hasn't been updated since 01/03/2006!) is that gnome-mount will take the
> extra parameters from gconf and you will be able to choose them also by
> right-clicking on a volume BUT for now you have no luck expect if you
> mount manually the volumes!
> 
> There is an open bug in fedora for this but... no response, no reply, no
> will to do something.
> 
> Hope I made things clear!

Thanks very much, George
Will keep an eye on this until 2010+ ;-)
Best Regards,
Vladimir