This is one of those... "uhh?" situations.
In general, I'm trying to give user "workstation" read/write permission to the files on the flash drive.
I can't seem to configure the box to let me do that.
Here's the dealio.
I got a flash drive with some files in it.
I've also got the flash drive tied into /etc/fstab so that the UUID is automagically recognized and it's assigned to "/media/flash1".
UUID="0EC4-B05A" /media/flash1 vfat user,auto,rw,exec 0 0
Looks good to me. I don't know why there would be any issues.
Here is /media/flash1 unmounted
drwxrwx--- 2 workstation 4096 2010-04-20 10:16 flash1
Here is /media/flash1 mounted
drwxr-xr-x 3 root 4096 1969-12-31 18:00 flash1
Here is the file I have inside that doesn't seem to give my user access (only root can save).
universe:/media/flash1# ls -g
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root 16163 2010-04-16 12:58 journal.abw
As you may notice, I keep my journal on the flashdrive. I want to be able to save to it while under a non-root account. But that's not so easy for some odd reason. I don't know what is going on. When I try to do this...
universe:/media/flash1# chown -R root:workstation /media/flash1
I get this:
Quote:
chown: changing ownership of `/media/flash1/journal.abw': Operation not permitted
chown: changing ownership of `/media/flash1/.Trash-0/files': Operation not permitted
chown: changing ownership of `/media/flash1/.Trash-0': Operation not permitted
chown: changing ownership of `/media/flash1': Operation not permitted
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What is going on?
I don't quite understand it.
Maybe my skills are rusty.
In general, I'm trying to give user "workstation" read/write permission to the files on the flash drive.
I can't seem to configure the box to let me do that.