Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2017 22:08:51 +0000 From: Gerard Seibert <carmel_ny@outlook.com> To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Unable to change ownership on USB device Message-ID: <CY4PR20MB1397C17C84AC7E33774C910B807E0@CY4PR20MB1397.namprd20.prod.outlook.com> In-Reply-To: <447f5qloal.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <CY4PR20MB139712D6DDA57E1A6F7BFB5A807E0@CY4PR20MB1397.namprd20.prod.outlook.com> <447f5qloal.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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On Thu, 19 Jan 2017 16:42:26 -0500, Lowell Gilbert stated: > carmel_ny writes: >=20 > > 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? =20 >=20 > It's an option to the mount command. > If you're using the one from the base system, see "man mount_msdosfs". I configured the system to automount the drive. I suppose I could just unmount it with "automount -fu" and them remount it via mount_msdosfs. I will give it a try. --=20 Carmel
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