Tom Rauschenbach wrote:
>
> I have a regular non root user configured on my machine and I usually do
> everything as that user. I tried to create a directory on my ZIP drive and it
> wouldn't let me. So I su'd, created the directory and then tried to chown it
> to me. I got "Operation not permitted". Anybody know what's up with that ?
>
How is the ZIP drive fs set up? I've had the same thing happen with
vfat systems on JAZ. the problem is the fs (vfat, fat, msdos) doesn't
support the concept of ownership. You need to include the zip drive
in your fstab with a line like:
/dev/sda1 /mnt/jaz auto
noauto,owner 0 0
(adjust for whatever the zip drive is).
This will let you as a user mount the drive, and the file ownership
will be set to you.
The other alternative is to format the ZIP drive as ext2, and it
behaves like any fs (at least that's how my JAZ drive works)
jeff
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jeff smith
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