Loosing write permission on fat32 drive

AGazzaz · 09-11-2006, 01:55 AM

Hello,
i have about 15 folders on my D drive which is fat32
a while ago i was not able to write to a documents folder
now i can not write to a linux folder
and i have no problems with the rest of the folders

The permissions on the properties tab are disabled
i would like to know why am i not able to write to these folders &how can i regain my permissions

EvilBill · 09-11-2006, 02:12 AM

If you are attempting to write to a fat32 file while in Linux, you can't. Linux is either ext3 or resierfs, > not compatable, > read only.

If you cannot write to a linux file while in linux, it is a file which requires root priviledges, normaly stuff in your home directory is exempt from this.

If you are using kde, use the "file manager root"

If you are in Gnome, use gedit thefilename [root permision will be asked for.]

Jongi · 09-11-2006, 03:09 AM

I assume the reason you have this fat32 partition is because you also have a windows OS installed.

If so, boot up in windows and run a chkdsk /f on that drive. I had a similar problem in FC5 where it would boot with me being able to write to my fat32 partition but I would lose this ability at some point in the session. The chkdsk /f in a command prompt in XP fixed that issue.

EvillBill - you can write to a fat32 partition in linux. In fact there is even a developmental/experimental "driver" that allows you to write to ntfs.

odcheck · 09-11-2006, 03:13 AM

@Jongi correct!
And FAT32 write delete ... feel free.
But good news there will be NTFS write support in the future.

Youri · 09-11-2006, 03:50 AM

there already is ^^ in beta stage but until now its pretty stable with me.

AGazzaz · 09-11-2006, 04:13 AM

Thank you all for your replies

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jongi

I assume the reason you have this fat32 partition is because you also have a windows OS installed.

If so, boot up in windows and run a chkdsk /f on that drive. I had a similar problem in FC5 where it would boot with me being able to write to my fat32 partition but I would lose this ability at some point in the session. The chkdsk /f in a command prompt in XP fixed that issue.

EvillBill - you can write to a fat32 partition in linux. In fact there is even a developmental/experimental "driver" that allows you to write to ntfs.

thank you Jongi but unforunatlly it did not work
i scanned the drive 3 times with no luck
do you think i should defragment it

BTW since i installed linux i never cared about the chkdsk that windows proforms at the booting of the system

Quote:

Originally Posted by Youri

there already is ^^ in beta stage but until now its pretty stable with me.

thanks for the tip i should try it sometime

EvilBill · 09-11-2006, 06:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jongi

EvillBill - you can write to a fat32 partition in linux. In fact there is even a developmental/experimental "driver" that allows you to write to ntfs.

Hmm....interesting. I have been away from Windoze for so long I'm not really up to date on this stuff. I just remember when I was still dual-booting, I could not write to my NTFS partition.

AGazzaz · 09-21-2006, 02:06 AM

just reminding you i still have a problem here

odcheck · 09-21-2006, 02:14 AM

yes so what about you fstab?

AGazzaz · 09-21-2006, 02:40 AM

my fstab

Code:

/dev/hda5            /                    reiserfs   acl,user_xattr        1 1
/dev/hda1            /windows/C           vfat       users,gid=users,umask=0002,utf8=true 0 0
/dev/hda7            /windows/D           vfat       users,gid=users,umask=0002,utf8=true 0 0
/dev/hda8            /windows/E           ntfs       ro,users,gid=users,umask=0002,nls=utf8 0 0
/dev/hda9            /windows/F           vfat       users,gid=users,umask=0002,utf8=true 0 0
/dev/hda6            swap                 swap       defaults              0 0
proc                 /proc                proc       defaults              0 0
sysfs                /sys                 sysfs      noauto                0 0
usbfs                /proc/bus/usb        usbfs      noauto                0 0
devpts               /dev/pts             devpts     mode=0620,gid=5       0 0
/dev/cdrom           /media/cdrom         subfs      noauto,fs=cdfss,ro,procuid,nosuid,nodev,exec,iocharset=utf8 0 0
/dev/cdrecorder      /media/cdrecorder    subfs      noauto,fs=cdfss,ro,procuid,nosuid,nodev,exec,iocharset=utf8 0 0
/dev/fd0             /media/floppy        subfs      noauto,fs=floppyfss,procuid,nodev,nosuid,sync 0 0
none                 /subdomain       subdomainfs noauto         0 0

just in case you did not notice note
i still can write to other folders on the drive

Thank you

odcheck · 09-21-2006, 03:22 AM

Quote:

now i can not write to a linux folder
and i have no problems with the rest of the folders

What do you mean? You start Windows and you can't write on Linux?

Quote:

i have about 15 folders on my D drive which is fat32

So where do you want to write to?

AGazzaz · 09-21-2006, 03:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by odcheck

What do you mean? You start Windows and you can't write on Linux?

So where do you want to write to?

i am sorry, there is a folder called linux where i download all the linux related software now when i try to copy any files to it i get the message

Code:

Access denied.
could not write to /windows/linux/snap.jpg

and the other question...
i have a folder called documents and another called linux i can not write to both of them

one last thing
i think this might help

Code:

drwxrwxr-x  20 root users    16384 1970-01-01 02:00 .
drwxr-xr-x   6 root root       144 2006-05-21 09:00 ..
-rwxrwxr-x   1 root users  2325196 2006-09-10 07:05 131.rm
drwxrwxr-x   2 root users    16384 2006-07-25 07:07 _1Quran
-rwxrwxr-x   1 root users    28160 2006-09-02 20:23 2 reports.doc
-rwxrwxr-x   1 root users    26624 2006-09-02 20:22 2reports.doc
-rwxrwxr-x   1 root users 28243100 2006-09-13 08:47 6ala3_albadr.wmv
-rwxrwxr-x   1 root users  5116075 2006-09-13 23:15 adam3_al.rm
-rwxrwxr-x   1 root users        0 2006-09-10 16:20 amarok playlist.m3u
drwxrwxr-x   8 root users    16384 2004-10-13 20:14 Arabic old songs
drwxrwxr-x   2 root users    16384 2006-09-16 19:34 boomspeed
dr-xr-xr-x   6 root users    16384 2005-03-12 14:00 Documents
-rwxrwxr-x   1 root users    95232 2006-09-02 20:22 Drying.doc
-rwxrwxr-x   1 root users    72704 2006-09-14 12:51 FerimexEuro.xls
drwxrwxr-x  14 root users    16384 2006-02-01 09:44 Games
-rwxrwxr-x   1 root users 66326977 2006-09-13 01:45 H-BootCD_8.2.rar
-rwxrwxr-x   1 root users 66859008 2006-06-28 17:08 Hiren's.BootCD.8.2.iso
drwxrwxr-x   5 root users    16384 2006-09-09 17:37 hussien
drwxrwxr-x   3 root users    16384 2006-09-16 13:36 imgs
drwxrwxr-x   5 root users    16384 2006-09-13 08:51 kuala
dr-xr-xr-x  14 root users    16384 2006-09-07 13:45 linux
-rwxrwxr-x   1 root users    94720 2006-09-02 20:22 MISSIMAN.doc
drwxrwxr-x   2 root users    16384 2006-09-02 21:00 mp3s
-rwxrwxr-x   1 root users    13560 2006-09-17 22:07 opera6.adr
drwxrwxr-x   2 root users    16384 2006-08-31 21:57 OutLook Backup file
drwxrwxr-x   2 root users    16384 2006-09-03 17:16 OutLook Backup file_1
drwxrwxr-x   2 root users    16384 2004-03-26 05:59 recycled
drwxrwxr-x  15 root users    16384 2006-08-20 17:18 Source
dr-xr-xr-x  15 root users    16384 2005-03-18 18:07 SourceFiles
-rwxrwxr-x   1 root users    65812 2006-09-07 20:35 stat1.jpg
-rwxrwxr-x   1 root users  4141100 2006-09-15 23:33  Street Racing - Nissan Skyline GTR R34 vs Porsche 911 Turbo (Drag Race).mpg
drwxrwxr-x   5 root users    16384 2004-03-29 02:04 System Volume Information
-rwxrwxr-x   1 root users        2 2006-08-31 20:23 Text File~
-rwxrwxr-x   1 root users       84 2006-08-31 20:23 Text File.TXT
drwxrwxr-x   4 root users    16384 2006-09-20 21:05 Web Editing
-rwxrwxr-x   1 root users 10280261 2006-09-13 08:52 webmin-1.270-1.noarch.rpm

the bold folders are folders with problems

odcheck · 09-21-2006, 05:52 AM

So chmod 775 -R /windows/D should fix it.

AGazzaz · 09-21-2006, 09:43 AM

Thank you for your help
it worked

odcheck · 09-21-2006, 10:06 AM

Oh that makes me happy that you're happy. But sorry the folder linux ...
I thought what the heck wants this guy do?

:-)