> From: Satish Vellanki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [twincling] Files not saved onto FAT32 partition > Sent: 13 Mar '07 12:01 > > Hi, > > /etc/fstab entry: > /dev/sda5 /windows/D vfat > rw,users,uid=surya,gid=users,umask=0002,utf8=true 0 0 > > I had made this entry long back when I installed SuSE. I wanted write > access to the user 'surya' on these partitions. > > Thank You, > > -- > Satish Vellanki
Hi Satish: The correct setting for 'surya' would be /dev/sda5 /windows/D vfat rw,users,uid=surya,gid=users,umask=0000 0 0 If that is not the case then, /dev/sda5 /windows/D vfat defaults,umask=0000 0 0 To help understand this better, 'umask' (or 'u'ser file creation mode 'mask') is a function on POSIX env that sets the default file system mode for newly created files and directories. windows partitions are 'typicall'y mounted under root privileges and hence umask needs to be set so that the users can access it. Hope this helps. thanks Saifi.
