I tried
softball:~# mount -t hfsplus -o defaults,user,umask=0222 /dev/sda3 
/media/ipod0

and got the same results...

softball:~# ls -al /media/ipod0
total 1029
drwxr-xr-x  1 root  root       10 May  5 10:13 .
drwxr-xr-x  5 root  root     4096 May  6 07:53 ..
d-wx-wx-wt  1    99    99       3 Apr  7  2004 .Trashes
----------  1 root  root  8388608 Jan 15  2004 .journal
----------  1 root  root     4096 Jan 15  2004 .journal_info_block
drwxr--r--  1 emily emily       2 Dec 28  1962 Calendars
d--x--x--x  1 emily emily       4 Jan 23  1963 Contacts
d--x--x--x  1 emily emily       3 Jan 23  1963 Notes
drwxrwxrwx  1    99    99       5 May  5 13:30 iPod_Control
softball:~#       

Did I add the umask parameter correctly?

Mark

Anthony Boynes wrote:

>You might try adding the umask option.
>
>umask=0222
>
>Anthony
>
>On 5/6/05, Mark Phillips <mark@phillipsmarketing.biz> wrote:
>  
>
>>I am trying to figure out the correct parameters to mount my iPod.
>>
>>I am running kernel 2.6.7-1-386 with Debian sarge. The iPod is accessed
>>as a scsi device, and I am using gtkpod to access the device. However, I
>>am having a problem just running mount to access the iPod's drive correctly.
>>
>>No matter what combination of parameters I try, the file permissions for
>>the mounted files end up as user and group 99, which I think are root,
>>and I cannot get rw permissions for the files.
>>
>>For example,
>>
>>mount -t hfsplus -o rw,defaults,user /dev/sda3 /media/ipod0
>>
>>results in
>>#mount
>>/dev/sda3 on /media/ipod0 type hfsplus (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
>>
>>and
>>
>>#ls -al /media/ipod0
>>total 1029
>>drwxr-xr-x  1 root  root       10 May  5 10:13 .
>>drwxr-xr-x  5 root  root     4096 May  6 07:53 ..
>>d-wx-wx-wt  1    99    99       3 Apr  7  2004 .Trashes
>>----------  1 root  root  8388608 Jan 15  2004 .journal
>>----------  1 root  root     4096 Jan 15  2004 .journal_info_block
>>drwxr--r--  1 emily emily       2 Dec 28  1962 Calendars
>>d--x--x--x  1 emily emily       4 Jan 23  1963 Contacts
>>d--x--x--x  1 emily emily       3 Jan 23  1963 Notes
>>drwxrwxrwx  1    99    99       5 May  5 13:30 iPod_Control
>>
>>I cannot read or write any of the files in Calendars, Contacts or Notes
>>(no rw) and I cannot add music to iPod_Control (because of the
>>user/group 99).
>>
>>I read the man page for mount and it says "defaults" should set these
>>options - rw, suid, dev, exec, auto, nouser, and async, and user should
>>trump the nouser option for defaults. I want the owner and group to be
>>"user" (emily, in this case) and to have "rw" permissions on all the files.
>>
>>Can someone help me unravel the mysteries of mount? My daughter is
>>really pestering me to get her new iPod to work...She is even
>>threatening to re-install Windows on her machine to run iTunes!!
>>
>>Thanks!
>>
>>Mark
>>
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