Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2007 18:34:55 -0500 From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> To: "Michael G." <mikegoe@earthlink.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Users unable to write to mounted FAT32 partition Message-ID: <20070302233455.GA92618@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <45E8AFC6.4010207@earthlink.net> References: <45E8AFC6.4010207@earthlink.net>
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On Fri, Mar 02, 2007 at 05:14:14PM -0600, Michael G. wrote: > OK, I've scoured the archives for an answer with no results. I'm > sharing a FAT32 partition between XP and 6.2 Release. The problem is I > can mount the drive but only root can write to it (users can just > read). I have the following in fstab: > > /dev/asd42 /mydos msdosfs rw 0 0 > > I've tried adding the -u or -g option with no luck. I understand that > since FAT has no inherent permissions chmod has no effect either (tried > it just to be sure) so it must be set from fstab. Any help? What are the owner and permissions on the mount point (/mydos)? ////jerry > > Thanks! > > M.G. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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