Am 20. Jul, 2009 schwätzte Lisa Kachold so: > On 7/20/09, der.hans wrote: >> Am 20. Jul, 2009 schwätzte Bryan O'Neal so: >> >>> Yes, but you would have to modify their project. I am going out on a limn >>> here but I am guessing I am the only hard core windows admin on the list. >> >> Possibly. In the end I think we need to find some other people to do this. >> Maybe get the samba team interested by billing it as a live samba drive or >> something. >> >>> Lisa probably knows the internal security better then I and we may have a >>> few programmers willing to work on it, but it is likely we can get >>> "layered" >>> fs driver without having admin access. You will have to use your own GUI >>> to >>> interact with the drive, not explorer, but it can be done. >> >> Cool to hear that it's probably possible without admin privs even if it's >> a pain. >> >>> But, you have to ask what your target is. Will 70% or more of the users in >>> question have access to admin level privileges? If so why not just >>> include >>> the real FS drivers on a FAT16 partition? >> >> I'm beginning to think we need to start off with something that requires >> admin privs, but not a reboot. >> >> After that we can work on a solution that doesn't require admin privs. >> >> Thanks for the responses. >> >> ciao, >> >> der.hans > > That's already been done: > http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS4980952387.html I really don't see how this is pertinent. For this project, I really don't care about GNU/Linux support for non-free filesystems :). That patch from Tridge looks like a good idea and something worth putting in the kernel if it works as advertised ( technically and legally ), but it doesn't help us get a free and open filesystem to be readable by m$. At least not that I see. ciao, der.hans -- # http://www.LuftHans.com/ http://www.LuftHans.com/Classes/ # Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. # We grow old by deserting our ideals. # Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm # wrinkles the soul. -- Samuel Ullman