slackware doesn't know what's a folder

AgentDukey · 11-03-2004, 10:48 AM

yeah, kinda true. well it knows what's a folder in the unix system, but as far as it goes to fat32 it just says that the folder is an "unknown type"
what to do?

cccc828 · 11-03-2004, 11:09 AM

What did you do to get that message? How did you mount the fat partition? Can you create file and directories on the partition?

cccc828

Tinkster · 11-03-2004, 12:05 PM

Actually windows users commonly don't know
what a directory is ... as far as windows goes:
some things with the graphical representation
of what one might call a folder are NOT directories,
e.g. the connection wizard thingy

Cheers,
Tink

AgentDukey · 11-03-2004, 12:14 PM

@tinkster
i didn't get what you meant
@cccc
i don't really know how to mount stuff. the error message I get is Couldn't display "/e/Stuff/". The attempt to log in failed.
the funny thing is, i can cd to the folders via terminal, and it seems that i'm able to make folders on the partition, maybe something's wrong with my GUI. I use gnome

Cedrik · 11-03-2004, 12:40 PM

Type in the URL of your filebrowser :

file:/e/Stuff

see if it works...

AgentDukey · 11-03-2004, 01:35 PM

other message, same effect. Couldn't display "/e/Stuff". Access was denied. Even when I su'ed it was the same message

Cedrik · 11-03-2004, 02:00 PM

And
ls -al /e/Stuff

AgentDukey · 11-03-2004, 02:06 PM

Code:

total 1312
drwxr--r--   8 root root  32768 2004-04-05 21:50 .
drwxr--r--  28 root root  32768 1970-01-01 01:00 ..
-rwxr--r--   1 root root 135450 2004-09-03 04:13 99207_wallpaper_metal_gear_solid2_01_1024.jpg
drwxr--r--  11 root root  32768 2004-04-07 00:58 Emulation
drwxr--r--   7 root root  32768 2004-04-05 21:50 KaZaA
-rwxr--r--   1 root root 152252 2004-09-03 04:12 Metal Gear Solid 2 Sons Of Liberty dvd.jpg
-rwxr--r--   1 root root 173025 2004-09-03 04:14 Metal Gear Solid 2.jpg
-rwxr--r--   1 root root  24898 2004-09-03 04:15 Metal_Gear.jpg
-rwxr--r--   1 root root 233574 2004-09-03 04:13 Metal_Gear_Solid_Logo.jpg
drwxr--r--   3 root root  32768 2004-04-07 17:22 Soulseek
drwxr--r--  10 root root  32768 2004-06-08 19:13 Underground
-rwxr--r--   1 root root  10340 2004-09-03 04:34 ava2.gif
drwxr--r--   4 root root  32768 2004-04-06 21:06 irc
-rwxr--r--   1 root root 187273 2004-09-03 04:12 mgs2copy.jpg
drwxr--r--   4 root root  32768 2004-04-07 00:58 pics
-rwxr--r--   1 root root   9822 2004-09-03 04:32 snake-ava1.gif

Tinkster · 11-03-2004, 02:16 PM

There you go - permission problem :)

If you're not logged in as root (which I hope you're not)
you can't cd into any directory, thery're all only executable
(which, in Linux, is equivalent to "can be entered") for
root. Workaround: add uid=<username> to the flags that
mount that partition in /etc/fstab

Cheers,
Tink

AgentDukey · 11-03-2004, 02:34 PM

how exactly should it then look? now it looks like this

Code:

/dev/hda2        /c               vfat        defaults         1   0
/dev/hda5        /d               vfat        defaults         1   0
/dev/hda6        /e               vfat        defaults         1   0

and how should look then? lets say the my uid ist 177 or something like that(dunno where to look this up) and the username is dukey, so how should it then look?

Cedrik · 11-03-2004, 02:51 PM

try :

Code:

/dev/hda2        /c               vfat        users         1   0
/dev/hda5        /d               vfat        users         1   0
/dev/hda6        /e               vfat        users         1   0

So all users should access the mount point
if it fails, get your id by typing in a terminal (as your user) :
id

note the uid then change fstab (say uid is 500) :

Code:

/dev/hda2        /c               vfat        uid=500,gid=100        1   0
/dev/hda5        /d               vfat        uid=500,gid=100        1   0
/dev/hda6        /e               vfat        uid=500,gid=100        1   0

gid 100 is the standart value for users group (/etc/group)

Tinkster · 11-03-2004, 02:57 PM

uid:
awk -F: '/dukey/ {print $3}' /etc/passwd

Cedrik has answered the rest ;)

[edit]
On second thought: make that:

Code:

/dev/hda2        /c               vfat        user,rw,umask=000,uid=<yourid>        1   0
/dev/hda5        /d               vfat        user,rw,umask=000,uid=<yourid>        1   0
/dev/hda6        /e               vfat        user,rw,umask=000,uid=<yourid>        1   0

[/edit]

Cheers,
Tink

egag · 11-03-2004, 04:49 PM

hi there.

for a normal vfat partition for users put in /etc/fstab:

/dev/hda6 /e vfat rw,users,umask=022 1 0

this will give any user r/x permission and the owner rwx.

( maybe you have to change your permissions on the /e dir. now they are drwxr--r-- , should be drwxr-xr-x . check that after changing the fstab and doing a reboot.
if you need to change them, do a "#chmod 755 /e" )

egag

AgentDukey · 11-07-2004, 11:25 AM

how should fstab look like if if want _any_ user to have full access to the fat-partitions? meaning that any user should have rwx

egag · 11-07-2004, 11:47 AM

/dev/hda6 /e vfat rw,users,umask=000 1 0

egag