Hello forun, i mounted a fat32 like adding this line to the fstab file
/dev/hdb1 /mnt/ddrive vfat users,owner,rw,umask=000 0 0

now i can RW the monted drive but some files and folders am notable to RW. And i cant change permitions even as root. This happens in some folders only. i dont know why.
this is an example of my list of files. as you can see the mp3 folder and some files are readonly for users other than root. how can i fix this??? i want tio make all the drive full access to everyone

total 54208
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 52315223 jul 21 10:01 (App) Partition Magic 8.0 + serial number.zip
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23040 may 6 2004 catalogo.xls
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24064 abr 19 13:37 Cover letter.doc
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25088 abr 29 14:36 Cover letter Omar.doc
drwxrwxrwx 8 root root 32768 jul 21 17:11 Drivers
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 105 abr 22 20:41 ghosterr.txt
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 644976 oct 29 2001 Ghost.exe
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1297408 sep 17 2003 lpbd.xls
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 47104 mar 10 12:42 Melissa Castillo Resume.doc
dr-xr-xr-x 7 root root 32768 jul 21 17:11 mp3
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 982 nov 12 2004 Mp3FE.m3u
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 32768 jul 21 17:59 My Playlists
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 673488 jul 21 10:53 NtfsFloppySetup.exe
drwxrwxrwx 36 root root 32768 jul 21 17:59 Respaldo
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 77 ago 6 2003 sp1.txt
drwxrwxrwx 3 root root 32768 jul 21 17:11 System Volume Information
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 32768 jul 21 18:30 Temp
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 jun 11 2004 testfile
drwxrwxrwx 11 root root 32768 jul 21 18:30 Vfp98
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 32768 jul 21 18:30 Videos

Try replacing this line in fstab

/dev/hdb1 /mnt/ddrive vfat users,owner,rw,umask=000 0 0

with this line

/dev/hdb1 /mnt/ddrive iocharset=utf8,umask=000 0 0

I got that from http://ubuntuguide.org/#automountfat
It's from the Ubuntu Guide, but it should work with all distros.

Does linux file permission apply to non-linux file systems?!!

it didn't work
any other ideas????