You need to specify a default permission [called a umask] for it when you
mount it...
>From my filesystem table...
/dev/hda2 /mnt/windows vfat user,exec,umask=0 0 0
Mike
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On Thu, 4 Jan 2001, Zelck, Guy wrote:
>
> >
> > "Himebaugh, Jon, CON, OASD(HA)/TMA" wrote:
> > >
> > > I have a vfat partition (win98) mounted but cannot seem to
> > get permissions
> > > to write to it.
> > >
> > > Would someone please give me a hint how to do this?
> >
> > The user that did the mount is the only one with write access.
> >
> Not true, you can specify an option to set the mode of the dirs and files
> created on the vfat. I work this way. It's documented in mount I guess cause
> I found it on my system.
> So if the mode allows it, everyone can write.
>
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