Hello guys,

U can c my fstab file here, FC5 doesnt automount vfat partitions by default so i added the lines below but im unable 2 write(copy folder,files from /home etc) 2 those partitions even though rw is added. But if im root alls fine. How do i do it as user??

Any suggestions.. ?? Thanks

LABEL=/ / ext3 defaults 1 1
devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
LABEL=/home /home ext3 defaults 1 2
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs defaults 0 0
LABEL=/tmp /tmp ext3 defaults 1 2
LABEL=SWAP-sdb10 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/sda1 /media/XP_System vfat auto,quiet,exec,rw 0 0
/dev/sdb6 /media/MAX_Backup vfat auto,quiet,exec,rw 0 0
/dev/sdb1 /media/CATIA vfat auto,quiet,exec,rw 0 0
/dev/sdb5 /media/APPS vfat auto,quiet,exec,rw 0 0
/dev/sdb7 /media/DOWNLOADS vfat auto,quiet,exec,rw 0 0
/dev/sda6 /media/XP_Samples vfat auto,quiet,exec,rw 0 0
/dev/sda8 /media/XP_Backup vfat auto,quiet,exec,rw 0 0
/dev/sda7 /media/XP_Games vfat auto,quiet,exec,rw 0 0
/dev/sda5 /media/XP_Software vfat auto,quiet,exec,rw 0 0
/dev/sda9 /media/XP_Media vfat auto,quiet,exec,rw 0 0

OH YES.. 1 more thing during mounting at startup and unmounting while shutdown it gives an error msg like
" Warning: no final new line at the end in etc/fstab " ( i edited fstab in kwrite)

What do i make of it?

PS : Sorry guys i know ther r a lot of post out ther about the same but its the 1st time ive edited a system file like fstab. I wanted 2 show it 2 u guys so i didnt do any wrong. Plz bear with me im only learning

What are the permissions of the directories in /media/* ? If those directories are owned by root, but only have permissions of rwxr-xr-x (755) then you as a normal user won't be able to touch them.

These are the permissions

drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 8192 Jan 1 1970 APPS
drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 8192 Jan 1 1970 CATIA
drwxr-xr-x 3 shrikant root 2048 Nov 21 2003 disk
drwxr-xr-x 11 root root 16384 Jan 1 1970 DOWNLOADS
drwxr-xr-x 22 root root 16384 Jan 1 1970 MAX_Backup
drwxr-xr-x 28 root root 8192 Jan 1 1970 XP_Backup
drwxr-xr-x 17 root root 8192 Jan 1 1970 XP_Games
drwxr-xr-x 15 root root 8192 Jan 1 1970 XP_Media
drwxrwxr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 2 17:35 XP_Misc
drwxrwxr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 2 17:34 XP_Primary
drwxr-xr-x 21 root root 4096 Jan 1 1970 XP_Samples
drwxr-xr-x 67 root root 8192 Jan 1 1970 XP_Software
drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 4096 Jan 1 1970 XP_System

but if i try to set permissions as root it gives an error msg

Try changing this
/dev/sda1 /media/XP_System vfat auto,quiet,exec,rw 0 0
to this
/dev/sda1 /media/XP_System vfat auto,quiet,noexec,rw,umask=0000 0 0
The "umask" option gives all users read/write access. I also changed "exec" to "noexec" - unless you want to run Linux binaries on your FAT partitions you won't need this.

The warning you are getting means exactly what it says - you didn't put a newline at the end of the file. This doesn't really matter as far as I know, the error is mainly there for historical reasons, but you can fix it be going to the end of your fstab file, hitting <Enter> and saving.

Well well what do ya know its working guys thank u so much i appreciate it. umask did the wonders

-BUT
The ntfs partitions are locked out from the user
Its is mounted automatically though. I can see its contents but cant write and execute.
Tried to give permissions from root but no use.
Also, KDE gives an error msg while setting permissions but Gnome works fine. why is that ??

Heres my fstab details

LABEL=/ / ext3 defaults 1 1
devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
LABEL=/home /home ext3 defaults 1 2
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs defaults 0 0
LABEL=/tmp /tmp ext3 defaults 1 2
LABEL=SWAP-sdb10 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/sda1 /media/XP_System vfat auto,quiet,noexec,rw,umask=0000 0 0
/dev/sdb6 /media/MAX_Backup vfat auto,quiet,noexec,rw,umask=0000 0 0
/dev/sdb1 /media/CATIA vfat auto,quiet,noexec,rw,umask=0000 0 0
/dev/sdb5 /media/APPS vfat auto,quiet,noexec,rw,umask=0000 0 0
/dev/sdb7 /media/DOWNLOADS vfat auto,quiet,noexec,rw,umask=0000 0 0
/dev/sda6 /media/XP_Samples vfat auto,quiet,noexec,rw,umask=0000 0 0
/dev/sda8 /media/XP_Backup vfat auto,quiet,noexec,rw,umask=0000 0 0
/dev/sda7 /media/XP_Games vfat auto,quiet,noexec,rw,umask=0000 0 0
/dev/sda5 /media/XP_Software vfat auto,quiet,noexec,rw,umask=0000 0 0
/dev/sda9 /media/XP_Media vfat auto,quiet,noexec,rw,umask=0000 0 0
/dev/sda3 /media/XP_Primary ntfs auto,quiet,noexec,rw,umask=0000 0 0
/dev/sda10 /media/XP_Misc ntfs auto,quiet,noexec,rw,umask=0000 0 0

AND heres the permissions

drwxrwxrwx 8 root root 8192 Jan 1 1970 APPS
drwxrwxrwx 8 root root 8192 Jan 1 1970 CATIA
drwxrwxrwx 11 root root 16384 Jan 1 1970 DOWNLOADS
drwxrwxrwx 22 root root 16384 Jan 1 1970 MAX_Backup
drwxrwxrwx 28 root root 8192 Jan 1 1970 XP_Backup
drwxrwxrwx 17 root root 8192 Jan 1 1970 XP_Games
drwxrwxrwx 15 root root 8192 Jan 1 1970 XP_Media
drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4096 Mar 31 17:42 XP_Misc
drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4096 Mar 31 17:42 XP_Primary
drwxrwxrwx 21 root root 4096 Jan 1 1970 XP_Samples
drwxrwxrwx 67 root root 8192 Jan 1 1970 XP_Software
drwxrwxrwx 10 root root 4096 Jan 1 1970 XP_System

AS u can see all permissions are active for ntfs but only for the top most folder. Its contents are untouchable though readable. HELP

Thanks

Good to hear. I will keep this in mind the next time I see it pop up.

As for the NTFS stuff, the problem there is that (typically) the NTFS driver in linux is set to read only in the first place, because it is considered dangerous to write to an NTFS partition from linux. This is by design at the moment, and I really don't recommend modifying it so that you can write to the NTFS partition.

It's not terribly important, but it would be more logical to change the options on your ntfs partition to auto,quiet,noexec,ro,umask=0222 as it is read-only. It is possible to write to ntfs, there is a thread on it in the Fedora forum here at the moment, but as Wells says it's not recommended.