Writing to hdd's
 

Hey Guys, i just recently unplugged myself from the microsoft matrix. I have mounted my FAT32 drives in my box, i can read to them as anyone, but i can only write to it as a root.

As far as permissions are concerned, i only know basic folder permissions.

Any help would be great.:)

It has been discussed here very thorough before, the hint is you need to edit /etc/fstab file where there is (are) entry(ies) for windows partition(s) you need to add an option user
like the following
/dev/hda1 /mnt/cdrive vfat user,other options 0 0
This is assuming the windows partition resides on /dev/hda1 block device and the mount point /mnt/cdrive is where you mount it normally and it exists on the system.

To give everyone read and write permissions get root permissions and type 'chmod 777 filename. Or if you are in a gui just right click on the file name select properties and there should be a tab for permissions and just give user write permissions.

Hi majeztik

Its the

umask = 000

option you need in the relevant /etc/fstab line

(just substitute in your Partition and Mount point in place of my example ones)


/dev/hda1 /mnt/windows vfat defaults,umask=000 0 0

thanks heaps for your help guys. :) :)