Re: Can't read Win95 (vfat) partitions

[Thomas Ribbrock <ribbrock nmrc ucc ie>]

Ric Tibbetts writes:
> Yup, totally agree about the permissions problem. Right now it's set at
> 755. I need a bit wider permission level. The problem is: chown doesn't
> effect it. I've tried! And tried... and tried...  
> 
> 	Still, only root can write to it.
> 	What's the trick to opening it up? (chown doesn't work on it!)

What are the mount settings for the Win95 partition in your
/etc/fstab? I remember that I had the same problem with my DOS
partitons until I changed the permissions in fstab. When a DOS
partition is mounted, the permissions are given automatically, as the
M$ partitions don't support the Unix permission scheme. The type of
permissions is set in fstab. I can't check how I've done now, as I'm
at work, but man fstab should give you some help.

HTH,

Thomas
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