Re: best practices for an external hard drive that many hosts might use?

["Derek Martin-9" <user=7@nabble.blu.org>]

 On Sat, Nov 24, 2007 at 12:21:34AM -0500, Brendan wrote: 
> I know all about 3g, even used it in this case and 50 other cases. 
> There is something that Vista can do while formatting that 3g cannot 
> read. I spoke to the developers a few nights back on IM about 
> figuring out how to file debug reports on it. 

In that case, I'm glad I decided to get XP on the new T61p I just 
bought! ;-) 

So then you'll need to use FAT32, or format as NTFS from a pre-Vista 
Windows box or Linux box with 3g (I believe this is possible -- I've 
seen Linux tools that seem to be able to format NTFS).  Or, use ext3 
and just make sure your UIDs match everywhere...  You may not control 
your UID at work, but you do at home.  If you want to go the latter 
route, you'll need to change ownership of all your files before you 
can use them again.  To change the ownership of your files, use (as 
root, after you change your UID and GID in /etc/passwd as 
appropriate): 

  find / -uid $YOUR_UID -exec chown $USERNAME:$GROUPNAME {} \; 

Note that you'll need to log out for the changes in your UID and GID 
to take effect, though file ownerships will change immediately, so you 
won't be able to access any of your stuff if you do the above while 
you're logged in as your regular user.  For the sake of simplicity, I 
suggest you edit the passwd file and then change your file ownership 
while being logged in as root on the console, without being logged in 
as your regular user. 

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