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And even with exFAT, permissions will be borked up. So it would be suitable for media hard drive, but wouldn't be suitable (for example) as the mount point of
by MereInterest 4y ago
And even with exFAT, permissions will be borked up. So it would be suitable for media hard drive, but wouldn't be suitable (for example) as the mount point of /home in a Linux partition that is also readable from a Windows partition.
- rawling 4y agoCan a file system enforce permissions against an OS that doesn't want to respect them, short of encrypting everything and demanding the host OS supply the key?
- mikepurvis 4y agoNo it can't. This is why FDE is a thing— the moment you can talk to the disk from another system, you have root.
- MereInterest 4y agoNope, not at all. What I'd want is for the file permissions to be stored when mounting in the Linux partition, and to be read-only when mounted in the Windows partition.