Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 11:42:16 -0500 (EST) From: "Woodchuck" <djv@bedford.net> To: conrads@neosoft.com Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: fstab options for unrestricted access to vfat partition Message-ID: <199810271642.LAA22499@castor.chuck> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.981025052636.conrads@neosoft.com> from Conrad Sabatier at "Oct 25, 98 05:26:36 am"
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Conrad Sabatier wrote:
> I feel really stupid asking this, but anyway...
>
> Can anyone suggest the correct options to use in /etc/fstab to mount my DOS
> drive read/write *without* any permissions problems? Ideally, I would like to
> "own" the drive as user "conrads", while still restricting access for other
> users, but I'd even settle for completely open access.
>
> Right now, I have only the "rw" option in fstab, and am unable to read and/or
> write certain files. I notice the "arch" flag is set on most of my dirs/files.
> How can I get full access to the drive?
>
You may set the -u and -g options in /etc/fstab. This sample line mounts
a msdos filesystem so that user djv group djv is the owner:
/dev/sd0s1 /dos msdos rw,noauto,-u=djv,-g=djv 0 0
Dave
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