>> "JB" == Jiri Baum <jiri@baum.com.au> writes: JB> I ask because I'd like to be able to use `mv' to move files. If it JB> can't set permissions on the destination, mv behaves like cp. On FAT partitions, there is no concept of permissions. So Linux uses values determined by the uid, gid and umask options on mount. Ciao, Martin