I can tell you the reason but not the fix. The partition is formatted as FAT,
which has no concept of ownership. Thus, the ownership for it is determined
by Linux. There is a way to change it; I wish I could tell you. I have a
drive in the same position: I have tried using Linuxconf to let users write to
it, but it keeps coming up as read-only for non-root users. I have been
su'ing to root to store stuff there. Does anyone know how to change this?
-Andrew Vick
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>[root@F11-pc-3B022-1 DOS_hdd1]# chown -v wapether Wayne/
>failed to change owner of Wayne to wapether
>chown: Wayne: Operation not permitted
>[root@F11-pc-3B022-1 DOS_hdd1]#
>
>What is the specific command I use to change ownership of this directory
>to my user profile?
>
>Wayne
>
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>Wayne Petherick
>Criminology Department
>Bond University
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