I think that it's encouraging that this conforms to another system. What about the contents of those directories? I'm thinking that permissions there might be restrictive. chmod -R will do a recursive change. Let me know. P.S. #1 I doubt that will help. #2 sounds dangerous. I wouldn't do unless I had a backup to restore with. #3 Who knows, but I doubt it. Mark Phillips wrote: > Eric, > > I changed the permissions on some of the files and gtkpod still cannot > do what it wants to. > > This is what I have right now. This also conforms to what a user on > #debain has on his ipod, except he has a vfat system, so no .journal, > .journal_info_block and .Trashes. gtkpod still cannot initialize the > Calendars, Contacts, Notes and iPod_Control directories. Also, the > -------------- for .journal and .journal_info_block are strange - not > sure what that means > > softball:/# ls -al /media/ipod0 > total 1029 > drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 10 May 6 13:08 . > 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 > drwxrwxrwx 1 emily emily 2 Dec 28 1962 Calendars > drwxrwxrwx 1 emily emily 4 Jan 23 1963 Contacts > drwxrwxrwx 1 emily emily 3 Jan 23 1963 Notes > drwxrwxrwx 1 emily emily 5 May 5 13:30 iPod_Control > softball:/# > > Some ideas; not sure which one to pursue first: > > 1. Change ownership of .journal, .journal_info_block and .Trashes to > emily.emily. Make emily.emily own everything. > 1A. chmod a+rwx for all files on the device and owner.group=emily.emily > 2. Delete all the files in /media/ipod0 and have gtkpod recreate them. I > have no idea what that will do to the ipod. > 3. Connect the ipod to a mac and itunes, add some songs, and then try it > with linux again. Since this ipod is fresh out of the box and never > used, maybe iTunes will correct any problems in the file system. Does > this even sound reasonable?? > > Thanks for your thoughts! > > Mark > > 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 >>> >>> >> >> > --------------------------------------------------- > 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. 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