Hello all this is my first post to this forum. I installed Slackware 9 for the first time about two weeks ago. Because of the Hardware I have on my computer, I recompiled the kernel and I did so successfully because of the excellent help I found on this forum. So I would like to start off by saying thank you for that Now for my question. My computer is attached to a 7 disk scsi mass storage device, this is where Slackware resides. On a disk other than the one that I installed Slackware on I have files that I would like to access. My problem is that I can only seem to get to these files while I am logged on as root. I have tried many different methods to change the permissions of the directories I would like to access and I have had no luck. The disk I am trying to access is formatted with the FAT32 file system (this is the case because my computer is dual booting with win2k.)

Other than the problem above, Slackware has been a great experience for me. I have tried other distro's in the past. I liked them all BUT none of them have compared to the positive experience I have had with Slackware.

If your FAT32 disk is installed under /mnt (for instance), you should probably modify your "fstab" (man fstab is your friend) to make the disk accessible by all.

Another solution is to add yourself to the "disk" user group. Also, make sure that your user name is in the "wheel" group.

Sorry if this is short, but I am sure other users of this forum will supply better answers... <grin>

You must add "user" or "users" option to proper line in your fstab file (/etc/fstab). Read manual for "mount" command, there all mount options are really well described.

Thank you for the suggestions. I will try them later on tonight.

Also, the uid and gid mount options may be of interest to you.

Lyle