permissions! Help!

mikedeatworld · 10-22-2004, 09:15 PM

I try to change the permissions of a folder within a partition

/dev/hdb5 /windows vfat noauto,user,umask=0 0 0

As root I have tried both chown and chmod to change the permissions of the folder under the /windows partition.

The permissions will change, but on reboot, they will reset to the default users persmission. I only want root access to this folder.

Do I have to change my fstab settings?

Please advise.

Thanks,

Mike D.

btmiller · 10-22-2004, 09:20 PM

Yes, vfat partitions don't have permissions per se because they are just MS-DOS filesystems which aren't multiuser (have you ever used chmod in DOS or Windows 9x?). The kernel assigns files in them a default set of permissions, and to change them, yes, you edit fstab. Take out the user and umask options and you should be set (or change the umask from 000 to 077 to be safe).