How do i create a partition, so all users can read wrie execute files without any permissions?

Question

I have a 160 GB hard drive and i need to create a separate partition so all users can access the files (mostly music, movies, pictures), without requiring any authentication from the administrator or other users.

BTW i'm new to Ubuntu

Answer 1

Wouldn't a fat32 partition work for viewing media and writing new media, since fat32 doesn't save any owner permissions? May be a problem for executing a file, since it doesn't save executable permissions either, but it sounds like you won't actually be storing executable files there, just media (movies, pics, etc).

Or for a permissions-aware FS (like ext) making a group containing all the wanted users, then giving that group rwx permissions for the folders in question should work... (may have trouble with new folders though, not sure there)

Answer 2

• create a partition using Gparted. I recommend you to format it with NTFS (it will not be much fragmented since it will hold only big media files, unlike C drive. fat32 on the ,other hand, will not allow to copy/save files larger than 5GB. Also NTFS can be mounted when in windows)
• Open up Disk program from dash. click on the partition and then click on gear icon below (as shown)

you will get many options, click on Edit mount option.

• a small window will open then toggle Automatic mount option to OFF
• if you want to change the location of mounting, give a path in mount location ( i recommend mouting in /media folder this will make the mounted partition to appear on side in nautilus). you can also change the name by which it will be mounted in Identify as ( i recommend using label)
• then press OK.