External HDD owner:group

The Seeker 11 · 02-28-2013, 06:13 AM

When changing ownership on my external HDD (currently root:root), should I also change the group to users, or leave as root? In other words:

Code:

chown -R seeker /media/external

or

Code:

chown -R seeker:users /media/external

The drive is accessed only by me.

GazL · 02-28-2013, 07:04 AM

I'd change it to 'users', but if it's intended for use by a single user I'd also be inclined to chmod 700 it.

This is assuming it's a linux filesystem and not vfat/ntfs ofcourse.

The Seeker 11 · 02-28-2013, 07:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GazL

This is assuming it's a linux filesystem and not vfat/ntfs ofcourse.

Yes, ext4.

jtsn · 03-04-2013, 01:10 AM

Another option would be root:root with mode 1777 (world writeable with sticky bit set): Any user can put files there, but can only access or remove his own files (depending on umask of course).

The Seeker 11 · 03-04-2013, 04:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jtsn

Another option would be root:root with mode 1777 (world writeable with sticky bit set): Any user can put files there, but can only access or remove his own files (depending on umask of course).

Interesting. Thanks for the info