vfat execute permission

Akuji · 08-20-2004, 04:54 AM

I have this in my fstab file

Code:

/dev/hda6        /mnt/mydocuments vfat        auto,users,umask=000      0   0

and now every user has read/write access and all files have -rwxrwxrwx permissions, but whenever I try to execute a file the shell gives me a "Permissions denied" errror, even when root tries to execute something. This happens on all my vfat drives. I'm wondering, is this a limitation of the filesystem or am I just doing something wrong?

CartersAdvocate · 08-20-2004, 10:41 AM

I know why you can't execute them, I just don't know how to fix it...for file permissions, it takes the default of 666 and subtracts your umask of 000 to get file permissions of 666 (read/write, no execute)...for directories, it starts with 777

insyte · 08-20-2004, 11:55 AM

Quote:

/dev/hda6 /mnt/mydocuments vfat auto,users,umask=000 0 0

Try user not users

Akuji · 08-20-2004, 12:38 PM

While doing some searches on google I found the solution myself

I just needed to add the keyword "exec" to my fstab file. So now my vfat entries read

Quote:

/dev/hda6 /mnt/mydocuments vfat auto,user,exec,umask=000 0 0

Quote:

Originally posted by insyte
Try user not users

This was indeed a mistake in my fstab file