Re: chmod on vfat

[Lee <lee unassemble co uk>]

Lee wrote:

> Doug wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >  
> > i'm new to Linux. and have a question that is bugging me.
> >  
> > i have 3 partitions that are formatted fat32 (w2k), I have fstab set 
> > to auto mount with defaults. the permissions by default are 755, when 
> > i try to chmod to 775 or 777 it doesn't change, it stays at 755. How 
> > can i change them so that when i'm logged in as a user i can write to 
> > these drives? or am I stuck with with just using root to write to 
> > these drives?
> >  
> > Doug
>
>
> I could be wrong but fat32 partitions (or any fat-type partition for 
> that matter) does not support permissions.
>
> The problem is more than likely due to the the permissions on the 
> mount point itself.
>
> If your machine is not running in a high-security setup try just 
> settings the permissions of the mount point itself to 777 (e.g. chmod 
> 777 /mnt/win32) and see if you can then write to the partition.
>
> If this fixes the problem try editing the fstab line to read something 
> like "/dev/hda3     /mnt/win32    vfat   rw " or may be adjust the end 
> to be "defaults,rw" not sure on that one.
>
> Regards
>
> Lee
Sorry to reply to my own post but just checked, before chmod'ing the 
mount point you need to unmount the file system.  This could also be why 
the permissions are not changing on your as well.

Regards

Lee