On Wed, Sep 29, 2004 at 11:38:00AM +0800, Lister wrote: > > hi, > > I have problems changing file permission into my VFAT file system. > > "/etc/fstab" > /dev/hda5 /mnt/data vfat uid=500,gid=500 0 0 > > I also tried umounting and mounting back the fs using the below, FS is > mounted but still cannot change file permission > > mount -t vfat /dev/hda5 -o user,rw,exec,umask=000 /mnt/data > > -- > as root, > > cd /mnt/data > mkdir test > chown user.user data > chown: changing ownership of `test': Operation not permitted > -- > > kernel 2.6.8.1 > > any hint? > > thanks > Lister
Basically, you can't change permissions, because FAT filesystems do not store permission information. This is, I believe, partly the reason for poor security on operating systems that rely on them =D -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
