problem changing file permissions on fat32 partition
Hi..
When I try to change file permissions on my mounted fat32 partition, I get an error "Operation not permitted"... I am not sure if suffixing a '-w' in the options makes the vfat partition writable, but this is what i put in my /etc/fstab /dev/hda1 /mnt/c: vfat rw,-w 0 0 Otherwise, I am able to create new files on my fat32 drive by manually mounting the windows partition- mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt/c: -w Let me know if the entry in /etc/fstab is incorrect..and if it is, whats the proper way to do that? Second question is, that why am i not able to change file permissions? changing the umask also does not have any impact on newly created files......can anyone provide a solution? Regards, amit |
vfat filesystems have no support for these types of permissions. You need to decide what premssions you want all the files to have when you mount the partition.
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Thanx david_ross..
what about this line in my /etc/fstab....is it correct? /dev/hda1 /mnt/c: vfat rw,-w 0 0 So, can i enable uniform permission for the fat32 partition by using something like: mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt/c: umask=777,-w Regards, amit |
I have no idea what permissions you are trying to achieve - try:
Code:
/dev/hda1 /mnt/c vfat defaults,umask=0000 0 0 |
Thx david_ross....I got it now....
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