On Thursday 11 Sep 2003 4:45 pm, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: > On Thursday 11 September 2003 16:49, Gilligan wrote: > > My "E:" drive is Fat32 and owned by root. How can I change this > > so it's owned by me? I've about RWX and groups,users,etc. Still > > lost. Too much MicroSoft bull. > > The gui way would be to change ownership using the file manager as > "su", right-clicking the directory and choosing "properties". > Change ownership and or permissions in the there. Be sure to mark > "apply to all subdiercties etc...." as well or you still won't get > far:o) > > the console way (and quicker) would be (as "su") > "chmod" or "chown". Read up on those using "man chown" on the same > commandline. > I think it is not possible to change ownership or permissions on a fat32 drive. It's still possible to use the 'user' flag and rw in the fstab line, though.
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