I'm trying to mount an msdos partition so that users logged into Linux can create files on it. I only have luck if I set gid=(group for a given user) as an option for the mount command.
For instance, users bernie and bobbern belong to group 'users'. If I set gid=100 (group 'users' gid) then user bernie cannot, say, copy files to the mounted msdos partition. But if I set gid=1000 (user 'bernie' gid), then bernie can copy files to the mounted partition. In both cases I use a mount option 'umask=002', which gives 'group' permission to create and delete files, does it not? Last question: do the permissions (and/or group/owner) set for the mount point prior to mounting have anything to do with this? (Just in case I set them to drwxrwxr-x, which should give group create and delete permission.) I know this is basic Linux 101 stuff, but it's got me stumped! --------------------------------------------------- Bob Bernstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> at Esmond, R.I. <http://www.brainiac.com/bernie> -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .