/dev/hda2 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/hda3 / ext2 defaults 1 1
/dev/hda1 /windows vfat defaults,users 1 0
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,ro,users 0 0
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,users 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0

This is my /etc/fstab file.

It works fine for mounting "windows" when logged in as root.

When I log in a a regular user, I have to elevate to root to change permissions first, and then it lets me enter "windows" as a regular user.

However, the user entrance permissions don't stick. After I logout and then in again, I need to change permissions as root again to get user access.

Why don't the permission changes stick? How do I make them stick? I'm changing permissions with KDE.

Thanks.

Try these:
/dev/hda1 /windows vfat user,rw 1 0
or
/dev/hda1 /windows vfat umask=000,rw 1 0

First one allows a normal user to mount /umount the partition. Seconds allows everyone to read/write/access that fat partition. U can use both :
/dev/hda1 /windows vfat user,umask=000,rw 1 0

Also before u mount it to the /windows change permissions of /windows so normal users will be able to read/write/access it (u will need to do this only once)

The guys at http://www.userlocal.com (slackware news site) just posted a how to. It covers both the quick and right way to set it up.

http://www.userlocal.com/tips/fatmounting.php

markpmc

Good advice, I'll give it a try.

I think I've got it working like this:

/dev/hda1 /windows vfat users,umask=000,rw 1 0

with just user, it said only root could unmount

and without umask=000, I think I lost permissions after rebooting

Then again I was just stabbing at it, so who knows just what I was doing.

I'll try the settings from the article one day when it's quiet.




But hey, look at this, I'm getting to be a consumer level Linux user.

I managed to get the fstabs and permissions to work. However, I can read/write in the root folder of my vfat mount, but I can only read in subfolders.

How do I enable read write in the subfolders of my vfat mount?

my fstab line for mount:

Thanks...

I believe you have to "chmod" as root each directory you want to give read/write access. If you want to give it to ALL subdirectories, do a "chmod -R" for recursive.

Nice. It works.

Thank you!