Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2017 16:42:26 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Gerard Seibert <carmel_ny@outlook.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions\@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Unable to change ownership on USB device Message-ID: <447f5qloal.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <CY4PR20MB139712D6DDA57E1A6F7BFB5A807E0@CY4PR20MB1397.namprd20.prod.outlook.com> (Gerard Seibert's message of "Thu, 19 Jan 2017 21:24:47 %2B0000") References: <CY4PR20MB139712D6DDA57E1A6F7BFB5A807E0@CY4PR20MB1397.namprd20.prod.outlook.com>
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Gerard Seibert <carmel_ny@outlook.com> writes: > I have several USB devices, all formatted with FAT32 or exFat. I can > mount them on my FreeBSD 11 machine; however, I cannot change the file > ownership on the device. I have a rsync script for backing up the > "/var/mail/vmail" and it subdirectories that are created by dovecot. I > cannot use the script to back up to the USB drive since it cannot > change the file ownership. > > I hope I am explaining this correctly. My question is how do I change > the ownership of a mounted USB drive formated with FAT32 or exFat? It's an option to the mount command. If you're using the one from the base system, see "man mount_msdosfs".
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