You *can* read/write and own dos/win9* partitions.
Use linuxconf - file systems - access local drive - dos options.
Here's a line from my /etc/fstab.
Peter
/dev/hda1 /c vfat user,exec,umask=0 0 0
On Fri, 30 Jun 2000, you wrote:
> DOS/FAT partitions do not have the necessary fields for real security
> features. linux fakes it at mount time. You can't chmod or chown them.
>
> --- Thomas SMETS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Here below is my /etc/fstab
> > <snip>
> > /dev/hda5 / ext2 defaults 1 1
> > /dev/hda6 swap swap defaults 0 0
> > /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto
> > sync,user,noauto,nosuid,nodev,unhide 0 0
> > /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto
> > user,noauto,nosuid,exec,nodev,ro 0 0
> > none /proc proc defaults 0 0
> > none /dev/pts devpts mode=0622 0 0
> > /dev/hdc1 /home ext2 defaults 0 0
> > /dev/hda1 /mnt/dos vfat defaults 0 0
> > </snip>
> >
> > When logged as a comon' user I never
> > can write on the DOS partitions (it's a real pity).
> > Doing a "su" & then requesting as root to "chown" of /dev/hda1
> > I've the following error :
> > <snip>
> > [root@Calvin dos]# chown -v tsmets.users *
> > failed to change owner of My Documents to tsmets.users
> > chown: My Documents: Operation not permitted
> > failed to change owner of My Download Files to tsmets.users
> > chown: My Download Files: Operation not permitted
> > ....
> > </snip>
> >
> > When I see the description of the CHOWN command
> > Usage: chown [OPTION]... OWNER[.[GROUP]] FILE...
> > It's what I do ... or I'm wrong ?
> >
> >
> > Thomas,
> >
> > p.s. :
> > users is a group with ID 100
> > tsmets is a user with ID 501
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > Thomas SMETS Phone : +32 (0)2 742. 05. 94.
> > Av. de la Braban�onne 133 / 3 e-mail : tsmets @altern.org
> > 1030 Bruxelles
> >
> > ==== Quote of the day =========
> > "What do you give a man who has everything?" the pretty teenager
> > asked her mother.
> > "Encouragement, dear," she replied.
> > ======= End of Quote =========
> >
>
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