/dev/hda1 /mnt/c vfat gid=windows,umask=007 0 0
which gives these permissions on a directory/files.
drwxrwx--- 46 root windows 16384 Nov 15 16:39 windows
Thanks, I just learnt something about the sys files.
Col.
The permissions on a directory mounted as vfat are normally rwxrwxrwx and this will follow for most of the subdirectories/files. A dos/win directory entry does not hold linux type permissions, only the dos rash attributes. The w may not apply to some windows system files and I know from testing that linux will set the a attribute if it has been cleared under dos/win.
In a terminal 'mount' (ret) will tell you whether the ptn is mounted, make sure it is rw, not ro. 'mount /c' or 'mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /c' should mount it
HTH
Barry
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Col wrote:
That should have worked. Did you umount the partition, edit /etc/fstab, and then mount the partition again? Or dare I susgest a reboot so the changes in fstab take effect on startup.
Col.
hi, yes i tryed that but it still doesn't allow me to read or write to fat32. i think i still need to rebuild my kernal, compile it, then install it. it's the install part which i'm unsure about....
cheers, sam
Did you pay particular attention to this particular part? /dev/hda1 /mnt/c vfat defaults,umask=000 0 0
The umask=000 should let the world read/write/execute HTH.
===== Original Message From [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===== On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 18:01, stm23 wrote:
Did you pay particular attention to this particular part?hi, i successfully mounted my fat32 partition & altered my /etc/fstab file.
now i can access the partition, however i can't modify the permissions & therefore can't read or write to the partition. i tried to follow the instructions provided in this link, from robert: (http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=29285)
/dev/hda1 /mnt/c vfat defaults,umask=000 0 0The umask=000 should let the world read/write/execute
HTH.
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