>Message: 12 >Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2002 21:23:10 -0500 >From: John P Verel <jverel@optonline.net> >To: Psyche List <psyche-list@redhat.com> >Subject: How to Change Vfat ownership and permissions? >Reply-To: psyche-list@redhat.com > > >I'm finding impossible to change ownership and permissions on my vfat >partititon. Even as root, I get denied. > >I've fiddled with how the partition is mounted, to no avail. The >relevant part of my /etc/fstab is: > >/dev/hda1 /mnt/vfat vfat user,owner,exec,dev,suid,rw,conv=binary,uid=500,gid=500,auto 0 0 > >Help? > >John > > > The problem, I think, is that ownership of the vfat partition is set on the vfat partition. Windows is not friendly to Linux. So, you can't set permissions from the 'nix side. You can mount the vfat and have access to the documents, but my experience is, you can not write to that partition. Not without an emulator that allows you to actually sign into windows, such as vmware. AND., of course, you can not access your 'nix partitions from Windows. Windows sucks. Probably the best things is just to reformat the drive, wipe windows off and install psyche alone. The following is my /etc/fstab which allows me access to the doze docs (but not write permission) /dev/hda1 /mnt/doze auto,users,rw,nohide 0 0 You'll notice that I set "rw" read/write, but still can't write to the partition. If there is a way to get write permission to doze partitoins without an emulator that allows you sign in, I would like to know. Tony http://www.School-Library.net Read, Connect, Learn! _____________________________________________________________ Select your own custom email address for FREE! Get you@yourchoice.com w/No Ads, 6MB, POP & more! http://www.everyone.net/selectmail?campaign=tag -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
