Re: vfat and ordinary users
On Tue, 17 Jun 2003 13:53:53 +1000
Ivan Wills <ivan@apollolifesciences.com> wrote:
> Hi
> I am trying to use a windows win32 (vfat) partition as an ordinary user
> but the permissions do not allow me to read it or write to it unless I
> am root.
>
> I have tried to chmod the mount location (with the partition mounted and
> unmounted) with no success. I also tried adding user to the options
> column in the fstab file but also with no success.
>
> Does any one any suggestions on how to acheve this?
In /etc/fstab, use the option "user", like this:
/dev/hda5 /windata vfat defaults,user,noauto 0 0
Kevin
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