[Leaplist] More info, Permissions for USB/FW drives

[patrick]

patrick wrote:
> Running SimplyMepis 6.5, on a Dell Dimension 4100 (933mhz, 512 MB RAM)
> 
> I have some really great external drives, of 120Gb, 250Gb, and 500Gb.  I
>   put files like docs, and some Linux and *BSD ISOs into folders, and I
> want to share them with torrent applications, but, permissions won't let
> RW permissions through.  So, ktorrent pukes and says permission is
> denied to share them.
> 
> So, questions are:
> 
> Removable external drives that auto mount are accessible by root, and
> super user in the filesystem.  Is it legit to change the rw permissions
> in their file system (which, btw, is NOT /etc/fstab!)?
> 
> The permissions are noted to be in another file, uDev  which seems a bit
> obtuse for me to edit, when I try... vi /uDev (opens a blank edit for
> uDev!),  so, does anyone know where uDev is located?
> 
> Or know how I can mount external drives with permissions for r/w to
> applications like ktorrent?
> 
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In the package listing for Mepis 6.,5 on Distrowatch, it notes that
uDev is a dynamic package listing program for devices...
I think that means I can't edit it, only the root data that lets it
operate...  So, back to a small bit of confusion, as to how to make the
external devices open for users to use for storage, read/write...