Summary: Its been so long since I mounted a dos partition I've forgotten the incantations in /etc/fstab that will make it writable to users or at least designated users. Details: I've tried these with results of `mount' shown along with end result: fstab: [...] /dev/hda12 /mnt/vfat_32 vfat noauto,user hgp 0 0 [...] mount shows: [mntent]: line 3 in /etc/fstab is bad mount: can't find /mnt/vfat_32 in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab == fstab: [...] /dev/hda12 /mnt/vfat_32 vfat noauto,user,hgp 0 0 [...] mount shows: /dev/hda12 on /mnt/vfat_32 type vfat (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,hgp) hgp cannot write to /mnt/vfat_32 == fstab: [...] /dev/hda12 /mnt/vfat_32 vfat noauto,userhgp 0 0 [...] mount shows: /dev/hda12 on /mnt/vfat_32 type vfat (rw,userhgp) user hgp cannot write there ========== Permissions are set like: Unmounted ls -ld /mnt/vfat_21 drwxr-xr-x 6 hgp hgp 1024 Dec 31 1969 /mnt/vfat_32 mounted ls -ld /mnt/vfat_21 drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 1024 Dec 31 1969 /mnt/vfat_32 And of course cannot be set to a user when mounted. -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list