On Wed, 2005-05-18 at 22:09 +0100, Kai Zhang wrote: > Thanks all, but the problem still persists. > I am using an server with SCSI HDs > I appended this in fstab > /dev/sdb5 /home/kaizhang/xp vfat auto,users,rw,gid=100,umask=777 0 0 > > then mount -a as root > > now I can't even get into the directory! > > Help! > > > > Fred Morcos wrote: > > > On 5/17/05, Kai Zhang <cmskzhan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > >> I have mounted a fat32 drive in my home directory. But I can only > >> read > >> it. i have write access when login as a root or su. tried chmod +777 > >> <directory name>, no joy. > >> Any suggestion? > >> > >> -- > >> fedora-list mailing list > >> fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >> To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > >> > >> > > > > i assume u edited fstab, in the <mount options> column, use > > "umask=000" (without the quotes).. > > > > > > > you may change the line in fstab to let user or users to have a rwx > , instead of root only > > eg > > /dev/hda5 /mnt/dos vfat users,noauto 0 0 > > then as a root, do 'mount -a' > > this is what my /etc/fstab entry looks like... I created a separate > group that I gave access to my windows side of the box... (so my kid > can't mess anything up over there...) > > /dev/sda1 /windows/XP auto > users,rw,noexec,uid=500,gid=500,umask=007 0 0 > > Hope all those ideas help. > I think you missed the point of an earlier reply. Try umask=000 rather than umask=777. Ron
