Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 00:28:10 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: chown/chmod doesn't work on FAT slices Message-ID: <19990419002810.D965@marder-1>
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chown(1) and chmod(1) don't appear to work on FAT slices. I've just
discovered that all the files (and directories) on my FAT slice
are owned by root/wheel and have 755 permissions. Trying to chown(1)
the files gives:
marder-1# ls -l index.html
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 9204 Mar 7 10:06 index.html
marder-1# chown marko index.html
chown: index.html: Invalid argument
marder-1# !ls
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 9204 Mar 7 10:06 index.html
marder-1#
and chmod(1) fails silently:
marder-1# ls -l index.html
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 9204 Mar 7 10:06 index.html
marder-1# chmod 777 index.html
marder-1# !ls
ls -l index.html
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 9204 Mar 7 10:06 index.html
marder-1#
The slice is mounted r/w and I've successfully copied files to it
(as root).
I'm certain I didn't have this problem under 2.2.8.
I've read the mount_msdos(8) manpage and know about the -u, -g -m
options, but it is mounted automatically at boot (the options are
``rw'' in the /etc/fstab entry and were the same in 2.2.8).
What's gone wrong?
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CAD/CAM solutions for Sheetmetal Working Industry
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