On Monday 01 March 2004 20:22, you wrote: > On Monday 23 February 2004 16:49, Pete Doak wrote: > > Hello: > > > > I'm having a problem mounting a second Hard Drive as a file > > system accessable to my linux system. > > > > I can su to root, and use > > 'mount /dev/hdb1 /mnt/hd' > > and that works fine, except that only 'root' can access the > > files and folders on the drive. > > > > If I try to mount the file system as anyother user, it tells me > > 'only root can do that', which is understandable. > > > > Is there a way for root to mount a file system and designate a > > user as the owner? > > > > If you need any more info, just ask, and I'll provide it > > Thanks in advance > > Pete Doak > Well Pete, it's all about permissions. Although Windows98 uses a FAT32 file system (vfat) that does not have such things as security, Linux tries to protect it by faking permissions. As allways there are several ways to accomplish your wish :
In your file "/etc/fstab" you will find a stanza for hdb1. At the end of that line, try to insert "umask=0", something like : /dev/hdb1 /mnt/hd vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,codepage=850 0 0 Of course, adjust it to your liking, but "umask=0" should fix it. It's equivalent to "chmod 777", but easier. (I suppose you know how to edit this file as "root" - if not, ask again). HTH Kaj Haulrich -- ** Sent from a 100 % Microsoft-free computer **
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