[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> 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.
Ah, I have the solution.
Add this line to your /etc/fstab:
/dev/hda1 /DOS vfat defaults,uid=270,gid=107 0 0
Of course, hda1, 270, and 107 are numbers that are specific to
my case, as well as /DOS.
You can get your uid and gid from /etc/passwd.
Then it will be mounted as you.
Read the man page on fstab and mount for details.
Jont
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