First off I should say this is not a bug as such, but I am having some difficulty.
I dual-boot between my Linux installation (Mandrake) and Windows 2000 (using vfat file
system) and I would like to share a common home directory for my ordinary user
account.
Natuarally this requires it to be based in the Windows partion, however the owner
and group for those partions are set as root. In trying to change the group (or owner)
I get the following message:
[root@saneman /root]# chgrp -c trusted /mnt/waterfall/Audio/
chgrp: /mnt/waterfall/Audio/: Operation not permitted
where waterfall is the mount point, and Audio is just a folder in the partion.
I checked up on the error message in the Linux FAQ and it occurrs when a file's
attribute blocks the operation. lsattr & chattr work only for Linux file systems so I
cannot check or change, if this is the direct cause. I also 'fiddled' mount to see if
there was an option there that could be used, no luck though.
Basically I want my user account to have write access (which only root has at the
moment).
I can use chmod to give all users write access, but it is a bit of a dirty hack and
also is resets every time the partions are mounted. I could add the group root to my
user account, but then I might as well login as root.
Really sorry to be bothering, but thanks for your time in advance,
Breandan Goodall
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Breandan Goodall
Belfast,
N.Ireland
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Phone: +44 (0)7866 919275
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