Fat partition permissions
 

ok ive got a fat partition mounted on my slackbox and i can access it when im root but when i switch to a regular user there is a lock icon over the directory and it wont even let me change thepermissions as root. i can only read it. any idea how i can make it so i can read write and execute for a regular user?

This will let all regular users read it:

As root, unmount the filesystem. Edit /etc/fstab and add "user" as one of the options for the entry for your fat partition. Then remount it. Permanently fixed.

ok what exactly should the entry look like, i still cant get it to work, i want them to be able to write and execute it too. right now i can read it but i cant execute any of the directories within it

Well, this works fine for me:

But you can also add options - which would appear after vfat - if that doesn't work.

mode=0655 as one of the options would guarantee everyone can get in.

man mount for more options.

well i had this to begin with

/dev/hda5 /home/frenchy/winblows vfat defaults 0 0

i tried putting user instead of defaults and even user,rw but i still get nothing.

Take out the options and make it mode=0655 and every user can read it.

i did that, do i need to reboot

No. Remount: umount then mount the partition. It should work immediately.

did you umount and then remount?

yes i did

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hey this is for snacky i think, i talked to you on gaim, just wanted to let you know that i got it working, all i had to do was add umask=000 as an option in fstab and thats all. :o