Windows partition not read-write under Slackware Linux

tyg · 11-08-2003, 02:14 PM

I first tried "chmod a+rx" on the mount directory, then tried adding "user" as one of the options in fstab. When the system boots, write and executable permisions are missing for normal users. Help

Fascistchicken · 11-08-2003, 02:42 PM

what does it say when you boot?
is it readable writable for root?

Fascistchicken · 11-08-2003, 02:42 PM

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tyg · 11-08-2003, 02:48 PM

The partition is read-write for root

quatsch · 11-08-2003, 03:27 PM

you will need to add
umask=000 to the options in fstab. Concretely, something like
/dev/hdb2 /mnt/win vfat auto,quiet,umask=000 0 0
will give rw-access to everyone.

tyg · 11-08-2003, 03:52 PM

Thanks for all your help.