Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 09:43:48 +1000 From: Andrew Johns <A_Johns@TurnAround.com.au> To: Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: chown/chmod doesn't work on FAT slices Message-ID: <371A6E34.44F54CE@TurnAround.com.au> References: <19990419002810.D965@marder-1>
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The dumb M$ world doesn't support ownership of files, hence there are no permissions to change. The partition is mounted and owned by root to prevent *other* users from trashing your M$ partition. ie: You have to be root to access M$ partitions if you want to change/create files on them. -- Regards | _/\_/\ Andrew Johns BSc (Comp Sci) | / \ TurnAround Solutions Pty Ltd | \_...__/ http://www.turnaround.com.au/ | \/ "The box said 'Requires Windows 95, NT, or better,' so I installed FreeBSD." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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