setting umask=0 for /mnt/d in /etc/fstab did not work; though setting mode=0444 worked fine for mount point /mnt/cdrom, there was same problem with the cdrom's too, which ok now.
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIH]How do I set mode for VFAT mounts Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2003 21:58:01 -0000 (UTC)
> I'm unable to find how do I set default mode for the > files on a vfat/fat mount. I have a dual boot machine > at home and wanted to use a common partition drive D: > for Windows and /mnt/d for Linux. All the files on this > mount show mode 755 where as this should be 644 or > something like that. >
Try /dev/hda1 /mnt/win vfat user,exec,umask=0 0 0
Replace hda1 with whereever your FAT partition is
- rgds
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