Hi,
I don't have it handy but this was on the suse-linux-e list recently.
There is a searchable archive at
http://www.geocrawler.com/lists/3/Suse-Linux/292
I remember it having to do with setting the umask option in /etc/fstab
properly.
Good luck,
Tim
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, February 25, 2000 9:23 AM
>
> Hello all,
>
> Even if this is not a laptop specific issue, I would appreciate your
> help on the following point. I have a 1Gb vfat partition that I
> intended
> to use for sharing files between Linux and Win98. I can access it
> nicely
> from LINUX, but I cwn write on it only if I a root user. I tried to
> mount
> it with different options but never succeeded to make it writable by
> standard users. The 'chown joeuser' issued as superuser does not work
> either
> on files/directory in this partition.
> How can I make this vfat partition writable by standard user?
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Gerald Carrier.
