On Tue, 9 Mar 1999, Avi Schwartz wrote:

> 
> I have this 'umask=0' in my fstab file and as a user I can write, delete
> and read from the vfat partition with no problem. Only 'cp' is behaving
> very strangely.  Trying to copy a file from the ext2 partition to the
> vfat partition generates an error as can be seen in the following
> example:
> 
>       avi@Seahorse:~ > cp x.html /win98/
>       cp: /win98/x.html: Operation not permitted
> 
> The strange thing is that the file IS copied regardless of the error
> message.  Strange.  
> 
> Has anyone else seen this?


I believe it will copy the file, but be unable to set permissions as
needed once there. I get this running Midnight Commander. Copies the file,
but gives me an error on resetting the permissions.

Paul M. Foster


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