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Thread ID: 27577	2002-11-26 01:31:00	File security/permissions	Shroeder (492)	Press F1

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101507	2002-11-26 01:31:00	Hi Having now loaded Mandrake 9 on to my trusty computer (and loving the ease of use - I've only had to use the command line once to insmod and get my scanner working), I have had an experience that baffles me! I produced a graphic (jpg) file using the gimp and my scanner and save it to a windows partition. Realising later (while in windows) that I had not included a .jpg in the file name I tried to change it (in windows explorer) but it wouldn't let me?? I changed it later in Linux and checked the permissions (which were rwxrwxrwx) <I think that's the correct order>. Shouldn't that let anyone change it? What (probably obvious) thing am I missing - Is it something to do with the windows partition being mounted by supermount (which is no doubt root) ?? TIA	Shroeder (492)
101508	2002-11-26 01:39:00	Firstly, what version of Windows? Those permissions allow everyone to read, write and execute the file (although I don't see why you want to execute a graphic file). However Windows probably doesn't care what linux thinks the permissions are and in this case they are read only. Alternatively, your filename has some strange characters that Windows doesn't particulary like such as /?:	gibler (49)
101509	2002-11-26 01:48:00	It's all a bit iffy when one OS writes to a disk owned by another :-(. Those *nix permissions mean "anyone can do anything" -- in *nix.:D Check the file's Properties in Windows. You might have to change them ... it could be treated like a file copied from a CD and made "read only". "Supermount" is just a daemon which does auto-mounting when required, I think. I don't think it will do anything special about ownership. (Anyway it gave 777 (think octal ;-) ), which is as public as you can get).	Graham L (2)
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