Date: Sun, 31 Oct 1999 17:34:29 -0500 (EST) From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> To: jwg@netbox.com (Jeff Gray) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG (Questions at FreeBSD) Subject: Re: chmod on zip disk Message-ID: <199910312234.RAA66468@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910311356590.13489-100000@cm-24-142-61-16.cableco-op.ispchannel.com> from Jeff Gray at "Oct 31, 1999 02:01:22 pm"
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Jeff Gray wrote, > Hmmmmm.... > > My Iomega zip disk works fine, for both read and write, except, > > 1. as root if I chmod nothing happens. > > # chmod 664 readme.txt > # ll > total 29506 > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 8399 Oct 31 10:34 calendar > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 30198060 Oct 31 13:06 piiijwgr.gz > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 4079 Feb 15 1995 readme.txt > > 2. the files are being created as executables even though my umask sets > files, as root, as 644 > > Suggestions welcomed. Does the disk have an MS-DOS filesystem? MS-DOS FS does not support file mode bits or ownership. See mount_msdos(8). -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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