problem changing file permissions on fat32 partition

Hi..

When I try to change file permissions on my mounted fat32 partition, I get an error "Operation not permitted"...

I am not sure if suffixing a '-w' in the options makes the vfat partition writable, but this is what i put in my /etc/fstab

/dev/hda1 /mnt/c: vfat rw,-w 0 0

Otherwise, I am able to create new files on my fat32 drive by manually mounting the windows partition-

mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt/c: -w

Let me know if the entry in /etc/fstab is incorrect..and if it is, whats the proper way to do that?

Second question is, that why am i not able to change file permissions? changing the umask also does not have any impact on newly created files......can anyone provide a solution?

Regards,

amit

vfat filesystems have no support for these types of permissions. You need to decide what premssions you want all the files to have when you mount the partition.

Thanx david_ross..

what about this line in my /etc/fstab....is it correct?

/dev/hda1 /mnt/c: vfat rw,-w 0 0

So, can i enable uniform permission for the fat32 partition by using something like:

mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt/c: umask=777,-w


Regards,

amit

I have no idea what permissions you are trying to achieve - try:

/dev/hda1        /mnt/c     vfat     defaults,umask=0000    0 0

This will let all users read, write and execute on that partition.

Thx david_ross....I got it now....