On Sun, 30 Jul 2000, Jeffry Smith wrote:
> 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)
No kidding! All my Zip disks are formtted as ext2, except for the new ones I
just bought. Formatted as FAT they don't work and I did not notice. A quick
reformat and all is right with the world. Sorry to ask such a dumb question,
thanks for such an insightfule answer. I won't make this mistake again.
>
> jeff
>
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> jeff smith
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