Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 14:51:58 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Mark <mark@dsl-gw2-dhcp-a78.clsp.uswest.net> Cc: Freebsd-Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: chmod question Message-ID: <20000410145157.B14518@hades.hell.gr> In-Reply-To: <000001bfa0e5$d30c0b00$0300000a@cmr.net>; from mark@dsl-gw2-dhcp-a78.clsp.uswest.net on Fri, Apr 07, 2000 at 05:05:53PM -0600 References: <000001bfa0e5$d30c0b00$0300000a@cmr.net>
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On Fri, Apr 07, 2000 at 05:05:53PM -0600, Mark wrote: >... > > This directory is /dos which is the mount point for my physical disk > 2. This disk is a fat32 drive. The fstab entry is > > /dev/ad1s1 /dos msdos rw 2 2 > > Why can't I change permissions? I thought root could? You can not change `permissions' of files on an MSDOS filesystem, because the MSDOS filesystem does not support the notion of `file owner' or `permissions'. If you want to make all the files under /dos look as if they're owned by a certain user, look at the options `-u UID', `-g GID' and `-m MASK' in the manpage of mount_msdos. - Giorgos Keramidas To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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