On Thu, Jul 28, 2022 at 02:49:03PM -0700, peter@easthope.ca wrote: > https://tldp.org/FAQ/Linux-FAQ/partitions.html has this example. > > $ mkdir /dos $ > mount -t msdos -o conv=text,umask=022,uid=100,gid=100 /dev/hda3 /dos > > Therefore a new file receives permissions 755. Correct? > > But a FAT file has only all-user read-only permissions. Either 777 or 555. Correct? No. A FAT file system has no permissions (and no user/group ownership). All is faked one layer above. Cheers -- t
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