Re: Problems with mounting vfat in Debian
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On Wednesday 18 August 2004 13:26, NiL SpaaR wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> A Linux-newbie speaking here and am a bit frustrated by the fact i
> cannot get a vfat mounted properly.
>
> I've added this line to my /etc/fstab "/dev/hdb1 /home/nil/redmond
> vfat defaults,user 0 0"
> I can mount it with the user but can only access it with root
> I mount (as nil) with : "mount /dev/hdb1"
> The ownership of the folder redmond bfor mounting is nil, but when the
> partition is mounted the ownership has changed 2 root. I cannot change
> the ownership of the folder with : chown nil redmond cause i get "chown:
> changing ownership of `redmond': Operation not permitted" as a reply
>
> Can anyone plze help this newbie on the right track?
A vfat partition doesn't have the ability to set permissions the way Linux
does; it's kinda primitive. When you mount the partition, you have to give
the ownership/groupname. I have my Windows partition mounted as follows:
/dev/hda1 /windows vfat users,gid=users,umask=0002,iocharset=utf8 0 0
Note that the gid is set at this point, it's then available for use by all
members of that group.
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