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Executor and Linux permissions




I have noticed a 'problem' that I experience while running Executor 1.99p 
under my Linux OS, which is that the floppy and CD-ROM seeks on startup do 
not occur if I run Executor under my 'scott' user account.  The only times 
when the floppy and CDROM are mounted properly is when I run Executor under 
the 'root' account.  Is this more a problem of setting file permissions 
properly under Linux than an issue with Executor itself?  Anybody have a 
suggested fix for me?  I'd prefer to not have to always run Executor under a 
'root' login as that could be rather dangerous to my Filesystem.

On a slightly related note, when I move Macintosh files with spaces in the 
filenames out onto Executor, or even DOS partitions that I have mounted 
under Linux, Executor doesn't remap or replace the spaces in the filenames 
with anything.  I have workarounds under both operating systems to rename 
the files/directories (namely 'midnight commander' under Linux and Norton 
Utilities under DOS), but it seems like the kind of thing that could freak 
out the typical user who wouldn't be able to do a thing at all with the 
file/directory names with spaces in them, even delete them.  Is there a 
mechanism that I don't have turned on to prevent these writes or to remap 
the names by filling the spaces with a 'safe' character?


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