format as ext2
"Weave a circle round him thrice,
And close your eyes with holy dread,
For he on honeydew hath fed,
And drunk the milk of paradise." (The linux user)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Vick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, March 13, 2000 12:35 PM
Subject: RE: [expert] File Permissions
> 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
>
> >===== Original Message From [EMAIL PROTECTED] =====
> [snip]
> >[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
> >
> >
> >********************************
> >********************************
> >Wayne Petherick
> >Criminology Department
> >Bond University
> >********************************
> >********************************
