Wayne....I guess I missed the first part of this, but if what
you have here is a vfat partition on the same computer as the
Linux system is running that you want to be able to write to,
then you need the entry 'umask=0' in the options column of your
/etc/fstab file, like these two entries in mine:
/dev/sda1 /mnt/dos_sda1 vfat user,exec,umask=0 0 0
/dev/sdb1 /mnt/dos_sdb1 vfat user,exec,umask=0 0 0
Alan
Wayne wrote:
>
> OK then, can I partitione the disk under linux, add a fat and an exts
> filesystem? How would I do thid?
>
> Wayne
>
> On Tue, 14 Mar 2000, you wrote:
> > 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?
> >
> > -Andrew Vick
> >
> > >===== Original Message From [EMAIL PROTECTED] =====
> > [snip]
> > >[root@F11-pc-3B022-1 DOS_hdd1]# chown -v wapether Wayne/
> > >failed to change owner of Wayne to wapether
> > >chown: Wayne: Operation not permitted
> > >[root@F11-pc-3B022-1 DOS_hdd1]#
> > >
> > >What is the specific command I use to change ownership of this directory
> > >to my user profile?
> > >
> > >Wayne
> > >
> > >
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> > >Wayne Petherick
> > >Criminology Department
> > >Bond University
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