Re: Directory Permissions
Youssef Makki wrote:
This worksforme:
/dev/hdb1 /mnt/storage1 auto rw,noexec,uid=500,gid=500 0 0
It's a fat32 drive.
You can also change the umask option to 000 to make every one can access
a windows partition.
On Sat, 2004-02-28 at 14:11, Luis A. La Luz wrote:
>I know that there is an obvious answer to this but just started using
>Linux Fedora Core and need help. I have a dual boot system with Linux
>Fedora and Win XP Home. I have Windows on a NTFS partition but put in a
>30 gbyte vfat partition on the same 120 gbyte hard drive in order to
>share files between systems. I have Linux On a 20 gbyte separate drive.
>I have documents that I want to access and write to from Linux in the
>vfat partition. I edited the fstab file to mount the vfat partition
>with the following line;
>
>/dev/hda5 /win vfat default 0 0
>
>Now when I boot up I can access the documents and read and write as root
>but as a regular user I can only read. I looked up the chmod command and
>tried to use it as root to change the permissions to the win directory
>and also used the chown command to change ownership of the directory.
>The system won't let me do either, even as root. I also tried to change
>it fro the console as root but it denied permission. Is it a problem
>with vfat directories or did i edit the fstab file wrong?
>
>I love working with Linux as I am older and remember my days with DOS
>prompt when learning to use the system was a challenge.
>
>Luis
>