I tried to chown while it was mounted and the response was "operation not permitted". that is why I did it umounted. can I incorporate the -o uid=john into the fstab, as I am not performing a separate mount command., or should I not mount it all in fstab, but use "unix mount etc." in my autoexec.bat?
On 05/12/2013 05:16 AM, Eric Auer wrote: > Hi! > > If you mount something to a directory, it shows up there > instead of the directory. This is why chown *before* the > mount has no effect. You could chown *after* the mount, > or use the -o uid=john option for mount. Mount also has > many other options, but avoid making things too complex. > > Eric > >> I sudo umount /dev/sda9, then sudo chown john:john /mnt/e >> verify that is now john:john >> then, . . . I sudo mount /dev/sda9 /mnt/e >> and look at e with dir and its now root:root > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book > "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and > their applications. This 200-page book is written by three acclaimed > leaders in the field. The early access version is available now. > Download your free book today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/neotech_d2d_may > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and their applications. This 200-page book is written by three acclaimed leaders in the field. The early access version is available now. Download your free book today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/neotech_d2d_may _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
