permissions on read only filesystem

niehls · 06-05-2002, 03:32 PM

i've installed wine, and i've set up the program to use the files on my windows disc. when compiling the kernel i chose the windows disc to be a read-only filesystem. my problem is that only root have permissions to read/write, forcing me to run wine as root.
since the disc is a read only filesystem, i can't change the permissions of the directory. does anyone know any way to get around this problem?
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acid_kewpie · 06-06-2002, 03:22 AM

while compiling a kernel you set your windows partition to be read only....? I presume you're talking about NTFS? in which case, good. you can set the read rights on a windows drive in /etc/fstab

/dev/hda1 /mnt/win ntfs defaults,umask=022

022 will make it readable by everyone

Noerr · 06-06-2002, 07:37 AM

if ntfs, writing with linux = bad idea

niehls · 06-07-2002, 03:51 PM

thanks...works fine. just wondering. what does "defaults"? what do i set to default?
umask=022..what does this really do? how does it change the permissions? or is it "defaults" that change the permissions?
stupid newbie, you know

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linuxcool · 06-08-2002, 12:36 AM

' default ' stands for these options: rw, suid, dev, exec, auto, nouser, and async. So, if we expand ' defaults ', your line looks like this:

/dev/hda1 /mnt/win ntfs rw,suid,dev,exec,auto,nouser,async,umask=022 0 0

Check the man pages for mount and fstab.