Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm trying to convert my Mom to using Debian over Win95, but until I can > get her a non-Win-printer, she'll probably bounce back and forth between > the two. > > Accordingly, I've set her up to use Mozilla/Mozilla Mail in both > environments. I've set up the Linux side to point to the Mozilla data > directory on the Windows partition so that the mailboxes, etc will be > the same in both environments. However, in order to make this work, the > Windows partition needs to be mounted. I can automatically mount it > during bootup by putting an entry in the fstab > > /dev/hda1 /home/novie/Win95 vfat defaults,rw,user,auto 0 0 > > but that causes the resulting mount point to be owned by root.root, and > then her Mozilla can't have write access to the partition.
/dev/hda1 /home/novie/Win95 vfat defaults,user,uid=1000,gid=1000 0 0 should do what you want; just make sure you set those id's to the correct number. man mount, and see the "mount options for fat" section for more details. -- Brian Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bignachos.com
