My mistake. I am used to just dealing with ntfs partitions, where I dont even attempt to write, and just want to read. umask=0000 should work. Anthony On 5/6/05, Eric Shubes wrote: > I don't think that's the right umask. > > The filesystem appears to be mounted rw all right. The problem appears > to be that Contacts and Notes aren't readable or writable. Compare > security bits with Calendars. Why they're set that way (by the Ipod, I > presume) I don't know. If you "chmod u+r Contacts Notes", that should > turn the read bit for user on. "chmod u+rw Contacts Notes", that should > make them read-write. > > I'd do so with caution. I don't know anything about Ipods, but I'd look > into its setup, and try and figure out why Calendars is rw, while > Contacts and Notes are not readable nor writable. > > User and group 99 are defined by ipod, but are undefined on your linux > box, which is why they're listed simply as 99, as the system doesn't > have a name or group corresponding to that number. I don't think that's > a problem though, as the security bits for those directories are all on. > > Mark Phillips wrote: > > > 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 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 > >>> > >>> --------------------------------------------------- > >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > >>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > >>> > >>> > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------- > >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > >> > >> > >> > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > > -- > -Eric 'shubes' > "There is no such thing as the People; > it is a collectivist myth. > There are only individual citizens > with individual wills > and individual purposes." > -William E. 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