----- Original Message -----
From: Andrew Vick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, March 13, 2000 11:35 AM
Subject: RE: [expert] File Permissions
> I can tell you the reason but not the fix. The partition is formatted as
FAT,
> which has no concept of ownership. Thus, the ownership for it is
determined
> by Linux. There is a way to change it; I wish I could tell you. I have a
> drive in the same position: I have tried using Linuxconf to let users
write to
> it, but it keeps coming up as read-only for non-root users. I have been
> su'ing to root to store stuff there. Does anyone know how to change this?
>
You could mount the partition as umsdos - that would allow *nix permissions
for the files.
Hoyt
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