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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