look at this: http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-9-Manual/getting-started-guide/s1-q-and-a-windows.html it just works.. rigo --- "D. D. Brierton" <darren@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I have a smallish vfat partition which I use for > sharing files between > Linux and Windows. However, I can't seem to get the > /etc/fstab entry > correct to allow it, and the files on it, to be > writable by any user in > the `users' group. This is my current entry: > > > /dev/hda6 /mnt/shared vfat > users,quiet,gid=users,dmask=0770,fmask=0660 0 0 > The aim is that when mounted at boot, everything is > owned by user `root' > and group `users', and directories have permissions > drwxrwx-- and files > have permissions -rw-rw--. However, what I actually > have is this: > > > $ ls -l /mnt/ > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 4 > 02:14 cdrom > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 13 > 13:49 floppy > drwxr-xr-x 4 root users 16384 Jan 1 > 1970 shared > $ ls -l /mnt/shared/ > drwxr-xr-x 2 root users 32768 Apr 5 > 05:04 Recycled > drwxr-xr-x 3 root users 32768 Apr 5 > 05:04 System Volume Information > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root users 26624 Apr 15 > 02:40 Thumbs.db > As you can see, the permissions were not what I > expected. I have to su > to copy or move anything to /mnt/shared or to delete > anything on it. > > What am I getting wrong here? > > TIA, Darren > > -- > ===================================================================== > D. D. Brierton darren@xxxxxxxxxxx > www.dzr-web.com > Trying is the first step towards failure > (Homer Simpson) > ===================================================================== > > > > -- > Shrike-list mailing list > Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo http://search.yahoo.com
