I tried the umask=000, which worked, I was sure that , it was due to umask, but didnt know fstab has the facility to give it. Thanks a ton for the help.
On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 3:02 PM, et <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > I had the same problem. It always showed a 'permission denied' > error while trying to execute files in fat and ntfs partitions. > Anyways after some editing over the fstab entries, i could > successfully run files on any partition. > > Here is an example entry from my current fstab file. (I'm also using > Ubuntu 9.10) : > > /dev/sda1 /media/M$ ntfs-3g > defaults,user,exec,uid=1000,gid=100,umask=000 0 0 > /dev/sda5 /media/MEDIA vfat > defaults,user,exec,uid=1000,gid=100,umask=000 0 0 > > As you can see, the same properties work for both fat and ntfs file > systems. Try these exact settings. > > > > On Feb 28, 8:23 pm, Shino Jacob <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi, >> I am not able to set chmod in my FAT and ntfs file system. >> Whatever I set is not reflected. I tried to umask to 0000, but still same. >> I am using ubuntu 9.1 >> Is there any additional change in fstab entries? >> >> -- >> Miles to go before I Sleep > > -- > "Freedom is the only law". > "Freedom Unplugged" > http://www.ilug-tvm.org > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "ilug-tvm" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > > For details visit the website: www.ilug-tvm.org or the google group page: > http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en > -- Miles to go before I Sleep -- "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For details visit the website: www.ilug-tvm.org or the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
