On Mon, 2003-03-24 at 00:47, Chris Andre wrote: > I am in need of push in the right direction. > I have created the following additions to my /etc/fstab file > > /dev/hda1 /mnt/winxp vfat noauto,owner 0 0 > /dev/hda5 /mnt/lindows auto noauto,owner 0 0 > > similarly I have also made the corresponding directories > /mnt/winxp > /mnt/lindows > > As the above was all achieved with the su command, Do I now have to add > the appropriate user to the root or superuser group or chown both /dev and /mnt to a > user status ??? Sorry I am a little confused myself here...!!! > > I am trying to set up links on the non root desktop rather than logging in > as root in an xterm and manually mounting. Not sure if I am going about it the > right way.? Check the man pages for mount and fstab. You're looking for the "users" option. -- Farewell neighbor. Thank you for giving us a safe place for so many years. Fred Rodgers - 1928-2003 -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list