Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2007 18:25:10 -0600 From: "Michael G." <mikegoe@earthlink.net> To: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Users unable to write to mounted FAT32 partition Message-ID: <45E8C066.4080207@earthlink.net> In-Reply-To: <20070302233455.GA92618@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <45E8AFC6.4010207@earthlink.net> <20070302233455.GA92618@gizmo.acns.msu.edu>
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Jerry, Owner of /mydos is root and Group is wheel. User has rwx while Group and Other only have r-x M.G. Jerry McAllister wrote: > 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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