Permissions on a mounted vfat USB external harddrive

Hikaru79 · 02-25-2005, 05:16 PM

I have an external USB drive that I'm currently mounting with the line:

Code:

mount /dev/sda1 /media/sda1/ -t vfat

I do this as root (I only *can* do this as root). However, I want the regular user(s) (let's call him, 'hikaru79') to be able to access it as well. I can't just set permissions with the regular chmod/chgrp because it is a vfat filesystem, which doesn't recognize UNIX permissions as far as I know. How can I give other users on the machine access to /media/sda1 ? Thanks in advance

Bruce Hill · 02-25-2005, 05:32 PM

This is how I mount my USB devices so users can read/write

Code:

/dev/sdb1        /mnt/sdb1        vfat        user,umask=1000,rw,noauto    0   0

then after plugging in the device as a normal user issue $ mount /mnt/sdb1
Replace the device and mount point with your choices...

Hikaru79 · 02-25-2005, 05:39 PM

Worked like a CHARM, Chinaman! ^__^ Thank you!

By the way, I like your signiature quote =)