I've got my MacBook Pro dual booting OSX 10.6 and Ubuntu 11.10. Now what I want to do is to be able to use the Documents (and others) folder in the OSX user folder (/User/Dave/Documents) with Ubuntu as well. Yes, there are many how-tos that mention using a third partition for this. Since I don't have a lot of extra space (and I'd rather not anyway); I need to figure out a good way to get the permissions right... Since OSX user number is 501, and Ubuntu start at 1001; that's a bit of a hiccup.
One thought I had was to create a group on each os, "crossover" and set the groups to have matching numbers as well. Then in Mac OSX I would give the crossover group rwx permissions on the folder I want access to. I'd also have to add a line to fstab to get the OSX partition mounted automatically as well.
This all make sense, or am I headed down the wrong (or bad?) path?
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<woycies...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > I've got my MacBook Pro dual booting OSX 10.6 and Ubuntu 11.10. Now > what I want to do is to be able to use the Documents (and others) folder in > the OSX user folder (/User/Dave/Documents) with Ubuntu as well. > Yes, there are many how-tos that mention using a third partition for > this. Since I don't have a lot of extra space (and I'd rather not anyway); I > need to figure out a good way to get the permissions right... > Since OSX user number is 501, and Ubuntu start at 1001; that's a bit > of a hiccup.
> One thought I had was to create a group on each os, "crossover" and > set the groups to have matching numbers as well. Then in Mac OSX I would > give the crossover group rwx permissions on the folder I want access to. > I'd also have to add a line to fstab to get the OSX partition mounted > automatically as well.
> This all make sense, or am I headed down the wrong (or bad?) path?
> On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 5:11 PM, Dave Woyciesjes > <woycies...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: >> I've got my MacBook Pro dual booting OSX 10.6 and Ubuntu 11.10. Now >> what I want to do is to be able to use the Documents (and others) folder in >> the OSX user folder (/User/Dave/Documents) with Ubuntu as well. >> Yes, there are many how-tos that mention using a third partition for >> this. Since I don't have a lot of extra space (and I'd rather not anyway); I >> need to figure out a good way to get the permissions right... >> Since OSX user number is 501, and Ubuntu start at 1001; that's a bit >> of a hiccup.
>> One thought I had was to create a group on each os, "crossover" and >> set the groups to have matching numbers as well. Then in Mac OSX I would >> give the crossover group rwx permissions on the folder I want access to. >> I'd also have to add a line to fstab to get the OSX partition mounted >> automatically as well.
>> This all make sense, or am I headed down the wrong (or bad?) path?
> This sounds like a reasonable approach.
Created the crossover group in OSX, and added me as a member. Now to determine what the group number is. And no, OSX doesn't keep it in /etc/group. Already looked in that...
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<woycies...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > On 02/10/2012 10:34 AM, Ioannis Vranos wrote:
>> On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 5:11 PM, Dave Woyciesjes >> <woycies...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>> I've got my MacBook Pro dual booting OSX 10.6 and Ubuntu 11.10. >>> Now >>> what I want to do is to be able to use the Documents (and others) folder >>> in >>> the OSX user folder (/User/Dave/Documents) with Ubuntu as well. >>> Yes, there are many how-tos that mention using a third partition >>> for >>> this. Since I don't have a lot of extra space (and I'd rather not >>> anyway); I >>> need to figure out a good way to get the permissions right... >>> Since OSX user number is 501, and Ubuntu start at 1001; that's a >>> bit >>> of a hiccup.
>>> One thought I had was to create a group on each os, "crossover" >>> and >>> set the groups to have matching numbers as well. Then in Mac OSX I would >>> give the crossover group rwx permissions on the folder I want access to. >>> I'd also have to add a line to fstab to get the OSX partition >>> mounted >>> automatically as well.
>>> This all make sense, or am I headed down the wrong (or bad?) path?
>> This sounds like a reasonable approach.
> Created the crossover group in OSX, and added me as a member. Now to > determine what the group number is. And no, OSX doesn't keep it in > /etc/group. Already looked in that...
I do not know if Mac OS X provides id, but try it in the terminal:
<woycies...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > On 02/10/2012 10:34 AM, Ioannis Vranos wrote:
>> On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 5:11 PM, Dave Woyciesjes >> <woycies...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>> I've got my MacBook Pro dual booting OSX 10.6 and Ubuntu 11.10. >>> Now >>> what I want to do is to be able to use the Documents (and others) folder >>> in >>> the OSX user folder (/User/Dave/Documents) with Ubuntu as well. >>> Yes, there are many how-tos that mention using a third partition >>> for >>> this. Since I don't have a lot of extra space (and I'd rather not >>> anyway); I >>> need to figure out a good way to get the permissions right... >>> Since OSX user number is 501, and Ubuntu start at 1001; that's a >>> bit >>> of a hiccup.
>>> One thought I had was to create a group on each os, "crossover" >>> and >>> set the groups to have matching numbers as well. Then in Mac OSX I would >>> give the crossover group rwx permissions on the folder I want access to. >>> I'd also have to add a line to fstab to get the OSX partition >>> mounted >>> automatically as well.
>>> This all make sense, or am I headed down the wrong (or bad?) path?
>> This sounds like a reasonable approach.
> Created the crossover group in OSX, and added me as a member. Now to > determine what the group number is. And no, OSX doesn't keep it in > /etc/group. Already looked in that...
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> "Computers have lots of memory but no imagination." > "The problem with troubleshooting is that trouble shoots back." > - from some guy on the internet.
> On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 5:52 PM, Dave Woyciesjes > <woycies...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: >> On 02/10/2012 10:34 AM, Ioannis Vranos wrote:
>>> On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 5:11 PM, Dave Woyciesjes >>> <woycies...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>>> I've got my MacBook Pro dual booting OSX 10.6 and Ubuntu 11.10. >>>> Now >>>> what I want to do is to be able to use the Documents (and others) folder >>>> in >>>> the OSX user folder (/User/Dave/Documents) with Ubuntu as well. >>>> Yes, there are many how-tos that mention using a third partition >>>> for >>>> this. Since I don't have a lot of extra space (and I'd rather not >>>> anyway); I >>>> need to figure out a good way to get the permissions right... >>>> Since OSX user number is 501, and Ubuntu start at 1001; that's a >>>> bit >>>> of a hiccup.
>>>> One thought I had was to create a group on each os, "crossover" >>>> and >>>> set the groups to have matching numbers as well. Then in Mac OSX I would >>>> give the crossover group rwx permissions on the folder I want access to. >>>> I'd also have to add a line to fstab to get the OSX partition >>>> mounted >>>> automatically as well.
>>>> This all make sense, or am I headed down the wrong (or bad?) path?
>>> This sounds like a reasonable approach.
>> Created the crossover group in OSX, and added me as a member. Now to >> determine what the group number is. And no, OSX doesn't keep it in >> /etc/group. Already looked in that...
> I do not know if Mac OS X provides id, but try it in the terminal:
> id user_name
Sweet! Thanks. This message is getting flagged as a keeper...
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"Computers have lots of memory but no imagination." "The problem with troubleshooting is that trouble shoots back." - from some guy on the internet.
> On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 8:52 AM, Dave Woyciesjes > <woycies...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: >> On 02/10/2012 10:34 AM, Ioannis Vranos wrote:
>>> On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 5:11 PM, Dave Woyciesjes >>> <woycies...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>>> I've got my MacBook Pro dual booting OSX 10.6 and Ubuntu 11.10. >>>> Now >>>> what I want to do is to be able to use the Documents (and others) folder >>>> in >>>> the OSX user folder (/User/Dave/Documents) with Ubuntu as well. >>>> Yes, there are many how-tos that mention using a third partition >>>> for >>>> this. Since I don't have a lot of extra space (and I'd rather not >>>> anyway); I >>>> need to figure out a good way to get the permissions right... >>>> Since OSX user number is 501, and Ubuntu start at 1001; that's a >>>> bit >>>> of a hiccup.
>>>> One thought I had was to create a group on each os, "crossover" >>>> and >>>> set the groups to have matching numbers as well. Then in Mac OSX I would >>>> give the crossover group rwx permissions on the folder I want access to. >>>> I'd also have to add a line to fstab to get the OSX partition >>>> mounted >>>> automatically as well.
>>>> This all make sense, or am I headed down the wrong (or bad?) path?
>>> This sounds like a reasonable approach.
>> Created the crossover group in OSX, and added me as a member. Now to >> determine what the group number is. And no, OSX doesn't keep it in >> /etc/group. Already looked in that...
-- --- Dave Woyciesjes --- ICQ# 905818 --- AIM - woyciesjes --- CompTIA A+ Certified IT Tech - http://certification.comptia.org/ --- HDI Certified Support Center Analyst - http://www.ThinkHDI.com/ Registered Linux user number 464583
"Computers have lots of memory but no imagination." "The problem with troubleshooting is that trouble shoots back." - from some guy on the internet.
> On 02/10/2012 10:56 AM, Ioannis Vranos wrote: >> On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 5:52 PM, Dave Woyciesjes >> <woycies...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: >>> On 02/10/2012 10:34 AM, Ioannis Vranos wrote:
>>>> On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 5:11 PM, Dave Woyciesjes >>>> <woycies...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>>>> I've got my MacBook Pro dual booting OSX 10.6 and Ubuntu 11.10. >>>>> Now >>>>> what I want to do is to be able to use the Documents (and others) >>>>> folder >>>>> in >>>>> the OSX user folder (/User/Dave/Documents) with Ubuntu as well. >>>>> Yes, there are many how-tos that mention using a third partition >>>>> for >>>>> this. Since I don't have a lot of extra space (and I'd rather not >>>>> anyway); I >>>>> need to figure out a good way to get the permissions right... >>>>> Since OSX user number is 501, and Ubuntu start at 1001; that's a >>>>> bit >>>>> of a hiccup.
>>>>> One thought I had was to create a group on each os, "crossover" >>>>> and >>>>> set the groups to have matching numbers as well. Then in Mac OSX I >>>>> would >>>>> give the crossover group rwx permissions on the folder I want >>>>> access to. >>>>> I'd also have to add a line to fstab to get the OSX partition >>>>> mounted >>>>> automatically as well.
>>>>> This all make sense, or am I headed down the wrong (or bad?) path?
>>>> This sounds like a reasonable approach.
>>> Created the crossover group in OSX, and added me as a member. Now to >>> determine what the group number is. And no, OSX doesn't keep it in >>> /etc/group. Already looked in that...
>> I do not know if Mac OS X provides id, but try it in the terminal:
>> id user_name
In my goofing around, I discover that the MacOSX group "staff", which is the default group that the user's files are a part of; the number for that maps to the "dialout" group in Ubuntu. So I don't need to create a matching groups in each OS. I can use the standard MacOSX methods of giving the "staff" group the desired permissions. Added a line to fstab to automount the mac partition, and added the force option to get RW.
I've seen a few old posts about getting Mac to read ext4, but none of them give me the warm fuzzies enough to try them. Anyone have any experience with a particular method?
-- --- Dave Woyciesjes --- ICQ# 905818 --- AIM - woyciesjes --- CompTIA A+ Certified IT Tech - http://certification.comptia.org/ --- HDI Certified Support Center Analyst - http://www.ThinkHDI.com/ Registered Linux user number 464583
"Computers have lots of memory but no imagination." "The problem with troubleshooting is that trouble shoots back." - from some guy on the internet.
