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[jeisma]

hi!

1. during installation of mdk10.1, i created a custom partition. after the system has been installed, found out its only root who has full access to this partition. how do i grant read/write access to this paritiion to other users?

2. how do you add a new item in menu groups? (i.e. in internet-web browsers menu, id like to add firefox shortcut)

thank you!

[Vergil83]

1. during installation of mdk10.1, i created a custom partition. after the system has been installed, found out its only root who has full access to this partition. how do i grant read/write access to this paritiion to other users?

you will have to change a setting in your /etc/fstab. what is currently there?

2. how do you add a new item in menu groups? (i.e. in internet-web browsers menu, id like to add firefox shortcut)

which window manager are you using, KDE, GNOME, etc..?

[jeisma]

hi!

this is the line that refers to this custom partition:

/dev/hda5 /extra ext3 defaults 1 2

im using gnome.


thanks!

[Vergil83]

this is the line that refers to this custom partition:

/dev/hda5 /extra ext3 defaults 1 2

try
/dev/hda5 /extra ext3 noauto,users,ro 0 0

im using gnome.

when you are in the menu you want to add a launcher, you should be able to right click, "add launcher to this menu".

[jeremy1701]

To add items to the menu, whether in Gnome or KDE, use Menu Drake in Mandrake Control Center.

Jeremy

[jeisma]

thx guys!

Vergil83, what does that line in fstab mean?

thanks!

[Vergil83]

Vergil83, what does that line in fstab mean?

/dev/hda5 = is the device that is being mounted
/extra = is the mount point
ext3 = filesytem type
noauto = not automatically mount during boot up
users = allows user to mount it
rw = rewriteable
more info in

man fstab