My problem is the default executable permission on all files with vfat and ntfs, in openSUSE 10.2. I hate it because it remains on normal files even after copying them to a unix partition, or making a tar archive, etc. I can switch off the executable flags by setting fmask=0133 in fstab for normal drives, but I cannot do the same with removable drives. Although a line like
UUID=09F2-8FB2 /media/WD\040Passport vfat umask=0022,fmask=0133 0 0
could be added, it produces other problems:
1. automounting does not seem to work after that, I have to mount the drive manually.
2. after creating a fixed /media/WD Passport directory, it will remain forever in "My Computer" even when not mounted.
3. I want to set fmask for *any* pendrive or removable hard drive with FAT32 or NTFS, not just for "09F2-8FB2".

Is there any better solution?

Coincidentally I just wrote the answer to this in another post. Have a look at this.
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...16&postcount=2

Sorry, some corrections. In case of the mentioned workaround (mkdir /media/WD Passport + additional line in fstab), my WD Passport folder does not remain "forever" in My Computer. It disappears when I plug out the cable. However, manual mounting only works from command line. If I click the WD Passport folder to mount it, then a "Permissions denied" message appears.

Thanks for the answer, but this workaround does not seem to work in suse. I have the same "Permissions denied" message also if I set chmod 775 /media "/media/WD Passport" and chown root.users /media "/media/WD Passport", I can even add "user,gid=(100)" to the options it does not help. The other mentioned problems also remain.

I want the automatic mounting to be performed with the option I specify somewhere. I'm afraid this problem is unsolvable with fstab, because the program that automounts the removable drive does not really use it. I would just like to know what is this program. autofs or hal? Unfortunately, none of these programs appear to have a config file, where mount options could be specified...

It seems to be KDE/GNOME dependent. I found a /etc/opt/gnome/gconf/gconf.xml.schemas/schemas/system/storage/default_options/vfat/%gconf.xml file, I suppose the default mount options can be specified here in some way (no idea how exactly). But I use KDE. What is the corresponding file in KDE?