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| Thread ID: 68144 | 2006-04-19 05:37:00 | Windows/Linux - Shared partition security. | personthingy (1670) | Press F1 |
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| 447531 | 2006-04-19 05:37:00 | I have a fat32 partition in a dual boot system, running XP or Mepis-linux. Is there a way of making access to the partition readonly to those who choose to run windows? Its crazy at the moment, its secure as to Linux users who see it as roots property, but windows users can mutilate the files, deleting by accident, and other stuff i want to avoid. Predictably its the windows users who are most likely to do damage. |
personthingy (1670) | ||
| 447532 | 2006-04-19 08:40:00 | Not sure that you can? An idea - convert the partition to NTFS. Reading NTFS from Linux is now universal (writing is not so sure?). Then you can control the permissions from the Windows end. |
johnd (85) | ||
| 447533 | 2006-04-19 09:32:00 | If the Fat32 shared artition contain files and no apps, then transfer them over to a Linux file system partition and set the permissions there. Give access to Windows users via Samba. | vinref (6194) | ||
| 447534 | 2006-04-19 10:03:00 | If the Fat32 shared artition contain files and no apps, then transfer them over to a Linux file system partition and set the permissions there. Give access to Windows users via Samba.How can i use samba to control access to windows users when the machine is booted up as a windows machine? :confused: I'd love to have the luxury of a Linux machine and a windows machine here, There would be no problems if that were the case and the set up would be as you describe, but unfortunately we are dual booting on a single machine. :( |
personthingy (1670) | ||
| 447535 | 2006-04-19 10:12:00 | How can i use samba to control access to windows users when the machine is booted up as a windows machine? :confused: I'd love to have the luxury of a Linux machine and a windows machine here, There would be no problems if that were the case and the set up would be as you describe, but unfortunately we are dual booting on a single machine. :( Oh, OK. In that case, you could burn the files to a read-only CD etc and access it through that, or stick the files in a linux server. |
vinref (6194) | ||
| 447536 | 2006-04-19 10:30:00 | Its starting to sound like a disconnected backup drive, or a ext3 backup partition that windows cannot read might be the answer. At least then any damage could easily be restored. | personthingy (1670) | ||
| 447537 | 2006-04-19 10:34:00 | Not sure that you can? An idea - convert the partition to NTFS. Reading NTFS from Linux is now universal (writing is not so sure?). Then you can control the permissions from the Windows end.From what i understand of writing to NTFS, it seems that it generally works now, unless it doesn't. As such i'd rather use a file system that plays nicely, so i'm stuck with Fat32. |
personthingy (1670) | ||
| 447538 | 2006-04-19 13:42:00 | maybe you should think the other way around. Install the partition to be shared as ReiserFS. install this (http://rfsd.sourceforge.net/) on the windows box to allow it to access (only read-only I gather) the Linux partition.... Trouble is though .. that other dumb windows tools might try and "fix" this partition of unknown type. |
gibler (49) | ||
| 447539 | 2006-04-20 00:02:00 | There is an EXT3 driver for windows that supports reading and writing. I forget what it is called though. That would be far better than using a fat partition. | Greven (91) | ||
| 447540 | 2006-04-20 01:56:00 | This is the problem when you have an OS with no inherent security. :D And of course, if someone has physical access to the computer, it's Game Over for security with any OS. | Graham L (2) | ||
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