How do i copy files into a mounted vfat partition in Linux from a XP computer on the network? Keeps coming up access denied and i can't change the ownership to nobody:nobody as i am not allowed.
What do i do??

Michael

are you using samba?

Yes.
I can brouse to the folder but just can't write.

Michael

smb.conf

[Backup]
comment = Backup Folder
path = /backup
valid users = @lanuser
public = no
writable = yes


permissions


ls -l backup
drwxrwx--- 4 root lanuser 4096 Oct 10 23:41 backup



users are added to group lanuser to give them access

How is your vfat partition mounted and is it setup for users to write (/etc/fstab)? What does your smb share say?

my share is posted above

# cat /etc/fstab
/dev/hda8 / ext3 defaults 1 1
/dev/hda7 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/hda6 /fat auto defaults 0 0
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,owner,ro 0 0
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,owner 0 0
none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0


# mount
/dev/hda8 on / type ext3 (rw)
/dev/hda6 on /fat type vfat (rw)
none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
none on /proc type proc (rw)

are you saying you can't write to it locally?

Oh, the share above is a different path, only because it is on a different machine, it would be path = /fat

Just trying to cover all angles. I have never tried to share a share. My only suggestion would be to add
create mask option to the backup share.

yes, I see the confusion now. It was not real clear earlier.

it's not a shared share.

I just posted the samba share from one machine, and I posted the fstab from another machine to answer the question about mounting a vfat partition.

here is the rest of the share

printable = no
create mask = 700
directory mask = 700


of course the mask would depend on what your trying to do

I don't want other users to access my folders or files

you may not want yours that way

update,

for vfat you need to supply the numeric uid and gid for the user that is to access it or they will not be able to write to it


/dev/hda9 /backup vfat defaults,uid=[user ID],gid=[group ID] 0 0

basically vfat sucks

not sure of any other way to put it

Thanks Heaps,

I sort of understand what is going on above.
Here is how my vfat partition is mounted

/dev/hda5 /Data vfat user 0 0

Do i have to change the above to

/dev/hda5 /Data vfat defaults,uid=nobody,gid=nobody 0 0
or
/dev/hda5 /Data vfat defaults,uid=nobody,gid=nobody

in fstab to allow anyone access it???

or do i just change the 0 0 to the user group id no's like this???

/dev/hda5 /Data vfat user 99 99

99 and 99 being user=nobody and group=nobody

Am i on the right track???

Michael

right, you need the numeric id

I think there is still going to a filename case issue, let us know

Hey i managed to get it working I also managed to get it working in my FTP server

I did it all thru WEBMIN which i absolutely love

The line in fstab is

/dev/hda5 /var/ftp/pub/data vfat user,gid=99,uid=99 0 0

stoked

Thanks again!!!


Michael