> Create a top-level folder on the USB drive that's owned by
your userid, then
> you can create any subfolders that your heart desires.
>
>
This is totally broken if the disk is used on multiple computers.
Having to maintain same UID-username combinations on the different
computers is just not good usability.
At least, on all Fedora desktop, the first created user has the same
UID (501) right ? And as most desktops are single user anyway, this is
less trouble than it would seem.
However, fun starts when you plug your HDD in a cyber-café or another
multi-user desktop environment :)
The way I'd like it to work is that all the files would appear to
be
owned by the user who mounted the disk, regardless of what was stored
in the filesystem metadata. The rwx permission bits could well be
applied as usual.
That sure would be great.
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Mathieu Bridon (bochecha)