Hi folks.

I'm currently running Ubuntu but will have to install Windows again in a
few days. Since I am doing a lot coding stuff, I'd like to be able to
reach my Subversion repository from both Ubuntu and Windows. The thing
is that my Ubuntu is installed in a LVM partition. I know of IFSExt2 for
Windows that allows me to read Ext2/3 partitions and also ntfs-3g to
mount NTFS partitions. The problem is that neither of them seems to
understand the permissions of the other.

So my questions ere: Which filesystem should I use for a partition that
both OSes can read and is there a way to keep unwanted users out?

Regards,
Markus

On Fri, 07 Mar 2008 11:31:34 +0100, Markus Mayer wrote:

> Hi folks.
>
> I'm currently running Ubuntu but will have to install Windows again in a
> few days. Since I am doing a lot coding stuff, I'd like to be able to
> reach my Subversion repository from both Ubuntu and Windows. The thing
> is that my Ubuntu is installed in a LVM partition. I know of IFSExt2 for
> Windows that allows me to read Ext2/3 partitions and also ntfs-3g to
> mount NTFS partitions. The problem is that neither of them seems to
> understand the permissions of the other.
>
> So my questions ere: Which filesystem should I use for a partition that
> both OSes can read and is there a way to keep unwanted users out?
>
> Regards,
> Markus

In ubuntu I mount a NTFS partition for root only so others don't get to
see the contents from this side. In windows its easy to set deny
privileges for unwanted guests.

Steve schrieb:
> On Fri, 07 Mar 2008 11:31:34 +0100, Markus Mayer wrote:
>
>> Hi folks.
>>
>> I'm currently running Ubuntu but will have to install Windows again in a
>> few days. Since I am doing a lot coding stuff, I'd like to be able to
>> reach my Subversion repository from both Ubuntu and Windows. The thing
>> is that my Ubuntu is installed in a LVM partition. I know of IFSExt2 for
>> Windows that allows me to read Ext2/3 partitions and also ntfs-3g to
>> mount NTFS partitions. The problem is that neither of them seems to
>> understand the permissions of the other.
>>
>> So my questions ere: Which filesystem should I use for a partition that
>> both OSes can read and is there a way to keep unwanted users out?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Markus
>
> In ubuntu I mount a NTFS partition for root only so others don't get to
> see the contents from this side. In windows its easy to set deny
> privileges for unwanted guests.

So far, so good. This is what I am doing right now. I wonder if there is
a possibility to restrict only some folders on the filesystem, or to
do so on a per-user or per-group base.

Thanks so far,
Markus