Where in the tree are you mounting? Do users have rw access to the upper directories? -----Original Message----- From: IT Clown [mailto:linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, February 20, 2004 6:22 PM To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: File transfers between linux and windows? I have tried that before and it still only allows root write access.I've also added rw,users in fstab and mount it with a normal user and still the normal user will have read access and root will have rw access. On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 12:33:51 -0500 Jason Staudenmayer <jasons@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Don't mount as root, or chmod the dir before you mount. > > -----Original Message----- > From: IT Clown [mailto:linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Friday, February 20, 2004 12:13 PM > To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: File transfers between linux and windows? > > > While on the mounting of other file systems how would you > mount a nother file system so that a normal user will > have > rw access to another partition? When i mount a FAT > partition only root will have write access while a normal > user will only have read access. > > Regards > > > On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 11:35:49 -0500 > Eric Evans <eje4@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Thanks very much for your clarification, Jason. Being > a > > newcomer to linux, I had been confused as to how you > > could refer in the linux side to a partition that was > > created in Windows, like how do you know what to call > it? > > It didn't occur to me to find out by running fdisk. > But > > everything is working fine now. > > > > Thanks! > > Eric > > > > >It would be the directory you want to mount your > > windows/linux share in. It > > >could be anywhere in the system ie.. > > '/home/usename/win-lin' just make the > > >directory and then set your partition up in windows. > Be > > fore you mount it > > >run fdisk to make sure you know the partition number > > then run the mount. I > > >you have a slave drive on the primary channel and you > > partition was the 3rd > > >primary on the drive it would look like this: > > >mount -t vfat /dev/hdb3 /home/username/win-lin > > > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > >From: Eric Evans [mailto:eje4@xxxxxxxxxxx] > > >Sent: Friday, February 20, 2004 10:20 AM > > >To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > >Subject: RE: File transfers between linux and windows? > > > > > > > > >Hi, > > > > > >Thanks so much for your reply. > > > > > > >mount -t vfat /dev/hd'whatever' /mnt/'some-name' > > > > > >I'm a little bit confused about this though. How do > you > > know what the > > >'some-name' is? Thanks... > > > > > >Eric > > > > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > > >From: Eric Evans [mailto:eje4@xxxxxxxxxxx] > > > >Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 3:04 PM > > > >To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > > >Subject: File transfers between linux and windows? > > > > > > > > > > > >Hi folks, > > > > > > > >On a dual-OS PC that has both Windows and RH Linux, > > what's the best way to > > > >transfer files from the Windows side to the Linux > side > > or vice versa? I > > > >thought I heard somewhere that if you create a third > > partition that is FAT, > > > >that you could access that partition from either the > > Windows and Linux > > > >partitions, so you could use this third partition as > a > > way to transfer > > > >files back and forth. Is there any truth to this? > If > > so, how do you go > > > >about accessing this FAT partition from Linux? > > > > > > > >Thanks a lot, > > > >Eric > > > > > > > > > > > >-- > > > >redhat-list mailing list > > > >unsubscribe > > > mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > > > >https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > > > > > > > > >-- > > > >redhat-list mailing list > > > >unsubscribe > > > mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > > > >https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > > > > > >-- > > >redhat-list mailing list > > >unsubscribe > > > mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > > >https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > > > > > >-- > > >redhat-list mailing list > > >unsubscribe > > > mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > > >https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > > > -- > > redhat-list mailing list > > unsubscribe > > > mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > __________________________________________________________________________ > http://www.webmail.co.za/dialup Webmail ISP - Cool > Connection, Cool Price > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe > mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe > mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list __________________________________________________________________________ http://www.webmail.co.za/dialup Webmail ISP - Cool Connection, Cool Price -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
