Parameshwara Bhat wrote:
Hello list,
I try different distros of Linux on different partitions from time to
time. I want to move all my /home folders to a common partition so
that across all distros I can share it by mounting on home. When I
implemented it,I faced a problem. users do not get write permission
on this partition in spite of specific option to that effect in fstab.
/dev/hdb6 /home ext3
defaults,users,acl,user_xattr 1 2
I get the same error in all distributions. I cannot launch DM in user
account as there is no write permission available.
Could somebody point out where is the mistake ?
Thanking in advance,
Paramehswara Bhat
On a typical system, /home is used for user configuration directories
and for user data directories. Each distribution has its own take on
configuration, so sharing configurations from system to system is not a
good idea.
Instead of putting your user data in /home, create a separate partition
and call it something like /data where you will put all
non-configuration type data such as word processing files, etc. This
can be shared between your various distributions, provided the userid
and groupid is the same on these systems. If you have a system where
userid, groupid are different, you can create a group on that system
with the id used on the other systems and make yourself a member of that
group on that system. You may have to change the group permissions on
your /data partition to 775 to be able to modify files in that partition.
Hope this helps.
Gerry Tool