On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 17:19:15 +0000, Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > jim lawrence wrote: > > On Thu, 3 Feb 2005 11:55:35 -0500, jim lawrence <fedorajim@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >>On Thu, 3 Feb 2005 22:13:46 +0530, Rahul Sundaram > >><rahulsundaram@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > >>>On Thu, 3 Feb 2005 11:17:51 -0500, jim lawrence <fedorajim@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>> > >>>>hi all,I just want to make sure this line that I put into fsab is > >>>>going to allow me to automount my "D drive" and allow me to read & > >>>>write to that drive without being root. > >>> > >>>looks good enough to me > >>> > >>>-- > >>>Regards, > >>>Rahul Sundaram > >>> > >> > >>i just rebooted and the permissions on the mounted drive are as follows > >> > >>drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 4096 Dec 31 1969 windrive > >> > >>how can i change them to me ?? > >>the drive is a fat32 partition just to let you know > > > > > > -- i keep getting a permission denied > > > > drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 4096 Dec 31 1969 windrive > > drwxrwxr-x 4 jim jim 4096 Jan 19 23:44 wireless > > [root@JimsNotebook jim]# chown jim windrive > > chown: changing ownership of `windrive': Operation not permitted > > [root@JimsNotebook jim]# > > VFAT has no concept of who owns files, so you can't chown them. You need > to specify who the owner should be at mount time, so try adding the > options uid=jim,gid=jim to your fstab entry for this filesystem. > > Next time you mount it, you should then be the owner of the files. > > Paul. > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > So this should do.....? /dev/hda5 /home/jim/windrive vfat defaults,rw,nodev,uid=jim,gid=jim,noexec 0 0 -- Jim Lawrence Registered Linux User: #376813 ******************************************************** When I'm feeling down, I like to whistle. It makes the neighbor's dog run to the end of his chain and gag himself. ************************************
