How to mount a partition as root and make it world read-write?

[VJ]

Thanks Markku, it worked!

Regards from
VJ
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Markku Kolkka" <markkukolkka at kolumbus.fi>
To: <fedora-list at redhat.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 1:14 PM
Subject: Re: How to mount a partition as root and make it world read-write?


> VJ kirjoitti viestissään (lähetysaika tiistai, 16. marraskuuta
> 2004 14:34):
> >     That is not what I want. I do not wish to execute any
> > statement apart from the options in fstab.
>
> No matter what you wish or want, the /tmp directory (or
> filesystem mounted as /tmp) _must_ have the correct permissions
> to work corrcetly. The permissions of a directory are set with
> the "chmod" command, and must be 1777. Note that this is done
> only once, not every time the partition is mounted.
>
> > Also the method you
> > told does not work at all because if the root mounts that
> > partition, other uses cannot create files/directories(I tested
> > it, did you?)
>
> Give the chmod command _after_ you have mounted the filesystem
> as /tmp for the first time.
>
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