Use the uid= and gid= options in that fstab line (do a 'man mount' for
further details).  FAT systems have no concept of user IDs and Linux
defaults to UID/GID of the mounter (which is root during the boot sequence).
The override fixes that.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: lorne schachter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2000 10:15 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [expert] mounting windows drives
> 
> 
> How do I set up /etc/fstab so that I can write to my windows 
> drives when
> I'm a regular user?
> I have no trouble writing as root, but I can't as a regular user.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Lorne
> 
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