Op zo 12-01-2003, om 03:25 schreef Benedict Verheyen: > Hello, > > i have a problem accessing my windows drive as a normal user. > My mp3 collection is stored there and i want some sound in linux :) > This is the relevant entry from my fstab file. The drive is fat32 > and i want to make it accessible for my user: > /dev/hda5 /mnt/windata vfat defaults,gid=windows,umask=007 0 0 > > I want to grant every user access to the drive by making them member > of the group windows. > When i do groups benedict as benedict, it doesn't show me as member of > the group windows. When i issue the same command as root, it shows that > i'm member of the group windows. > Why is there this difference? > The group file shows me correctly that i'm member of the group. > > However, after i mount the drive (as root) and then go back to user > benedict,and try to access it as benedict i get "access denied" > A "ls -la" reveals this: > drwxrwx--- 12 root windows 8192 1970-01-01 01:00 windata > So users of the group windows should be able to access the windata > partition. > > What am i doing wrong? > If i set this in my fstab it works but then everything is owned by > benedict instead of root and that is something that i do not want > to allow. > /dev/hda5 /mnt/windata vfat > defaults,user,uid=benedict,gid=windows,umask=007 0 0 > > Any help is appreciated. > Benedict
After a reboot it worked. So it was the groups thingy that prevented me from accessing the drive. I have no clue however to why i had to reboot to get the groups command reflect the correct situation. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
