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

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 On Saturday 24 November 2007, Derek Martin wrote: 
> 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.