Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 12:01:36 +1200 (NZST) From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@pinnacle.co.nz> To: Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: chown/chmod doesn't work on FAT slices Message-ID: <Pine.SC5.4.10.9904191200120.16827-100000@kiwi.pinnacle.co.nz> In-Reply-To: <19990419002810.D965@marder-1>
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On Mon, 19 Apr 1999, Mark Ovens wrote: > 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. To the best of my knowledge, this has *always* been the case, since FAT file-systems have no support for multi-users. NTFS does - maybe you're confusing the two? Jonathan Chen ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "If you wish your merit to be known, acknowledge that of other people" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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