Re: Users unable to write to mounted FAT32 partition
On Fri, Mar 02, 2007 at 05:14:14PM -0600, Michael G. wrote: OK, I've scoured the archives for an answer with no results. I'm sharing a FAT32 partition between XP and 6.2 Release. The problem is I can mount the drive but only root can write to it (users can just read). I have the following in fstab: /dev/asd42/mydosmsdosfs rw 0 0 I've tried adding the -u or -g option with no luck. I understand that since FAT has no inherent permissions chmod has no effect either (tried it just to be sure) so it must be set from fstab. Any help? What are the owner and permissions on the mount point (/mydos)? jerry Thanks! M.G. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Users unable to write to mounted FAT32 partition
Jerry, Owner of /mydos is root and Group is wheel. User has rwx while Group and Other only have r-x M.G. Jerry McAllister wrote: On Fri, Mar 02, 2007 at 05:14:14PM -0600, Michael G. wrote: OK, I've scoured the archives for an answer with no results. I'm sharing a FAT32 partition between XP and 6.2 Release. The problem is I can mount the drive but only root can write to it (users can just read). I have the following in fstab: /dev/asd42/mydosmsdosfs rw 0 0 I've tried adding the -u or -g option with no luck. I understand that since FAT has no inherent permissions chmod has no effect either (tried it just to be sure) so it must be set from fstab. Any help? What are the owner and permissions on the mount point (/mydos)? jerry Thanks! M.G. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Users unable to write to mounted FAT32 partition
On Fri, 2 Mar 2007, Michael G. wrote: Owner of /mydos is root and Group is wheel. User has rwx while Group and Other only have r-x Well, there it is. I think users who want to write to this filesystem need to have write permission on the mountpoint. How about creating a group, perhaps users, of which all users are members, then chown root:users /mydos, then chmod 775 /mydos Jerry McAllister wrote: On Fri, Mar 02, 2007 at 05:14:14PM -0600, Michael G. wrote: OK, I've scoured the archives for an answer with no results. I'm sharing a FAT32 partition between XP and 6.2 Release. The problem is I can mount the drive but only root can write to it (users can just read). I have the following in fstab: /dev/asd42/mydosmsdosfs rw 0 0 I've tried adding the -u or -g option with no luck. I understand that since FAT has no inherent permissions chmod has no effect either (tried it just to be sure) so it must be set from fstab. Any help? What are the owner and permissions on the mount point (/mydos)? -- Chris Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** [ Busy Expunging | ] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Users unable to write to mounted FAT32 partition
On Fri, Mar 02, 2007 at 07:30:50PM -0500, Chris Hill wrote: On Fri, 2 Mar 2007, Michael G. wrote: Owner of /mydos is root and Group is wheel. User has rwx while Group and Other only have r-x Well, there it is. I think users who want to write to this filesystem need to have write permission on the mountpoint. How about creating a group, perhaps users, of which all users are members, then chown root:users /mydos, then chmod 775 /mydos That would be my thinking. Maybe make a mydos group and only put users in that you want to be able to r/w the mydos slice instead of everybody and then chown it to root:mydos would seem 'safer' if there are a bunch of users on the machine. jerry Jerry McAllister wrote: On Fri, Mar 02, 2007 at 05:14:14PM -0600, Michael G. wrote: OK, I've scoured the archives for an answer with no results. I'm sharing a FAT32 partition between XP and 6.2 Release. The problem is I can mount the drive but only root can write to it (users can just read). I have the following in fstab: /dev/asd42/mydosmsdosfs rw 0 0 I've tried adding the -u or -g option with no luck. I understand that since FAT has no inherent permissions chmod has no effect either (tried it just to be sure) so it must be set from fstab. Any help? What are the owner and permissions on the mount point (/mydos)? -- Chris Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** [ Busy Expunging | ] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Users unable to write to mounted FAT32 partition
Chris, A mod of your suggestion did the trick. I was unable to finally chown Michael /mydos and then change permissions using chmod. Seems pretty simple but kinda strange that as root I could not change the permissions. Thanks to you and Jerry for all the help! Michael G. Chris Hill wrote: On Fri, 2 Mar 2007, Michael G. wrote: Owner of /mydos is root and Group is wheel. User has rwx while Group and Other only have r-x Well, there it is. I think users who want to write to this filesystem need to have write permission on the mountpoint. How about creating a group, perhaps users, of which all users are members, then chown root:users /mydos, then chmod 775 /mydos Jerry McAllister wrote: On Fri, Mar 02, 2007 at 05:14:14PM -0600, Michael G. wrote: OK, I've scoured the archives for an answer with no results. I'm sharing a FAT32 partition between XP and 6.2 Release. The problem is I can mount the drive but only root can write to it (users can just read). I have the following in fstab: /dev/asd42/mydosmsdosfs rw 0 0 I've tried adding the -u or -g option with no luck. I understand that since FAT has no inherent permissions chmod has no effect either (tried it just to be sure) so it must be set from fstab. Any help? What are the owner and permissions on the mount point (/mydos)? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
