Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 18:45:26 -0500 From: Shawn Leas <sleas@ixion.honeywell.com> To: Andrew Johns <A_Johns@TurnAround.com.au> Cc: Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: chown/chmod doesn't work on FAT slices Message-ID: <19990418184526.A6297@ixion.honeywell.com> In-Reply-To: <371A6E34.44F54CE@TurnAround.com.au>; from Andrew Johns on Mon, Apr 19, 1999 at 09:43:48AM %2B1000 References: <19990419002810.D965@marder-1> <371A6E34.44F54CE@TurnAround.com.au>
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On Mon, Apr 19, 1999 at 09:43:48AM +1000, Andrew Johns wrote: > 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. No you don't. Just chown/chmod the mountpoint, and permissions are inhereted. -- Shawn <=========== America Held Hostage ===========> Day 2279 for the poor and the middle class. Day 2298 for the rich and the dead. 643 days remaining in the Raw Deal. <============================================> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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