Hi All,
I am a returned Ubuntu user after actually going sans-PC for quite some time. I don't know how do-able this is, I know Linux in general is heavily geared to security, but I don't think my suggestion is going to impact security.
One of the things I did after I installed Ubuntu was to add another HD, that Home folder of mine was on a tiny HD, no problem. I am not a dummy so I installed Gparted and formated/partitioned a hard disk (so far so good), but getting the user "mark" permission to write to that hard disk was more of a challenge. I tried sudo using the command prompt but I am getting on a bit and couldn't get the blasted thing to work (my fault I know, I could have asked for help, I know). All I needed was the ability to write/read the disk. I did something quite dangerous and typed "Sudo nautilus" and went via GUI to where the hard disk was to change the permissions to "mark".
Unfortunately a faux-pas with my mouse meant that I released a quite long drop-box list on something and it was neither root nor "mark". In the end I had to delete the partition again and create/format to get to where I was pre-screw up. Eventually I selected "mark", closed nautilus and was able to use the hard disk (claps for me). Anyway, an idea struck me, would it be possible to either...
allow permissions to change in user mode (rather than ghosting out) after typing in the root password or after using gparted, have a small add on script that basically asks you who can use this disk post format. In the version of Gparted I had none of the options allowed you to change permissions and I was running GParted using sudo, so everything was GUI except actually allowing you allowing you to set who can use the new disk.
I know Ubuntu doesn't control apps and open source is the bazaar, but I believe Canonical are looking for small, easy ways to make Linux better, and this small issue I believe could be resolved with very little work.
If ideas are not welcome, sorry!
I am a returned Ubuntu user after actually going sans-PC for quite some time. I don't know how do-able this is, I know Linux in general is heavily geared to security, but I don't think my suggestion is going to impact security.
One of the things I did after I installed Ubuntu was to add another HD, that Home folder of mine was on a tiny HD, no problem. I am not a dummy so I installed Gparted and formated/partitioned a hard disk (so far so good), but getting the user "mark" permission to write to that hard disk was more of a challenge. I tried sudo using the command prompt but I am getting on a bit and couldn't get the blasted thing to work (my fault I know, I could have asked for help, I know). All I needed was the ability to write/read the disk. I did something quite dangerous and typed "Sudo nautilus" and went via GUI to where the hard disk was to change the permissions to "mark".
Unfortunately a faux-pas with my mouse meant that I released a quite long drop-box list on something and it was neither root nor "mark". In the end I had to delete the partition again and create/format to get to where I was pre-screw up. Eventually I selected "mark", closed nautilus and was able to use the hard disk (claps for me). Anyway, an idea struck me, would it be possible to either...
allow permissions to change in user mode (rather than ghosting out) after typing in the root password or after using gparted, have a small add on script that basically asks you who can use this disk post format. In the version of Gparted I had none of the options allowed you to change permissions and I was running GParted using sudo, so everything was GUI except actually allowing you allowing you to set who can use the new disk.
I know Ubuntu doesn't control apps and open source is the bazaar, but I believe Canonical are looking for small, easy ways to make Linux better, and this small issue I believe could be resolved with very little work.
If ideas are not welcome, sorry!
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