At 3/9/99 3:28:00 PM, you 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?
>
Yes, I get it all the time when transferring from vfat to or from ext2.
The error message actually refers to the inability to copy file ownership
and permissions.
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