"Paul M. Foster" wrote:
> On Tue, 9 Mar 1999, Avi Schwartz wrote:
>
> >
> > I have this 'umask=0' in my fstab file and as a user I can write, delete
> > and read from the vfat partition with no problem. Only 'cp' is behaving
> > very strangely. Trying to copy a file from the ext2 partition to the
> > vfat partition generates an error as can be seen in the following
> > example:
> >
> > avi@Seahorse:~ > cp x.html /win98/
> > cp: /win98/x.html: Operation not permitted
> >
> > The strange thing is that the file IS copied regardless of the error
> > message. Strange.
> >
> > Has anyone else seen this?
>
> I believe it will copy the file, but be unable to set permissions as
> needed once there. I get this running Midnight Commander. Copies the file,
> but gives me an error on resetting the permissions.
That sounds like a plausible explanation. I wonder if there are any options
on `cp' that will prevent it from trying to set the permissions. Clearly,
because of the limits on vfat, merely modifying the mount parameters will not
do it.
Paul
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