Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 22:43:45 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> Cc: Mark <mark@dsl-gw2-dhcp-a78.clsp.uswest.net>, Freebsd-Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: chmod question Message-ID: <20000411224345.D235@parish> In-Reply-To: <20000410145157.B14518@hades.hell.gr>; from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr on Mon, Apr 10, 2000 at 02:51:58PM %2B0300 References: <000001bfa0e5$d30c0b00$0300000a@cmr.net> <20000410145157.B14518@hades.hell.gr>
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On Mon, Apr 10, 2000 at 02:51:58PM +0300, Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 07, 2000 at 05:05:53PM -0600, Mark wrote:
> >...
> >
> > This directory is /dos which is the mount point for my physical disk
> > 2. This disk is a fat32 drive. The fstab entry is
> >
> > /dev/ad1s1 /dos msdos rw 2 2
> >
> > Why can't I change permissions? I thought root could?
>
> You can not change `permissions' of files on an MSDOS filesystem,
> because the MSDOS filesystem does not support the notion of `file owner'
> or `permissions'.
>
> If you want to make all the files under /dos look as if they're owned by
> a certain user, look at the options `-u UID', `-g GID' and `-m MASK' in
> the manpage of mount_msdos.
Or just ch{mod,own} the mountpoint directory.
>
> - Giorgos Keramidas
>
>
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