Re: gid problem

["Anthony E. Greene" <agreene pobox com>]

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On 05-Jun-2002/21:55 +0200, "mr.linux" <mr linux flashnet it> wrote:
>I tried to give my user the permission of writing to a vfat partition 
>(applying gid) but I think I made a mess ...... and obviously it doesn't
>work. 

I don't think GID applies to VFAT partitions. The VFAT file system does
not support the concept of file ownership. By default, whoever mounts the
partition owns the files.

You can set it up so that normal users can mount the partition. Look in
Linuxconf.


Tony
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