Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 20:14:00 +0100 From: Alexander Frolkin <alexander@frolkin.demon.co.uk> To: andrew@ugh.net.au Cc: Randall Hopper <aa8vb@nc.rr.com>, stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cp fails to do utimes() (??) Message-ID: <20000601201400.B1265@gamma> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0006011553240.24824-100000@starbug.ugh.net.au>; from andrew@ugh.net.au on Thu, Jun 01, 2000 at 03:59:52PM %2B1000 References: <20000531160040.A1299@nc.rr.com> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0006011553240.24824-100000@starbug.ugh.net.au>
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On Thu, Jun 01, 2000 at 03:59:52PM +1000, andrew@ugh.net.au wrote: > > > On Wed, 31 May 2000, Randall Hopper wrote: > > > I can write the file as either user, but in the non-root case the resulting > > file modification time is wrong. > > You can only use utimes if you are root or you own or have write > permission on the file. You aren't root so do you own or have write > permisison to the new file? FAT doesn't support ownership so what does the > owner default to - it may not be you? It defaults to root but you can change this using the -g and -u options of mount_msdos. See mount_msdos(8) for details. Alexander > What permisions are on the file when > utimes is called? > > I may be way off... > > Andrew > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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