On Wednesday December 3, 2003 "Trevor Smith" <trevor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, 02 Dec 2003 21:49:38 -0800, Gordon Messmer wrote: > >>The "user" only has permission to write to the disk if he mounted it. >> Fix your fstab option, unmount the drive, log in as "trevor" and mount >> the drive as that user. You will then be able to write to it. > > Thanks, that is the trick. I wanted to have it automounted but instead I > just created a new disc object on my desktop and that does all the > auto-mounting for me. Just as good. > >>The access failure occurs because your file manager is trying to >> preserve permissions. It copies the file (which is fine), then tries >> to set the user/group and permissions on the new file which can't be >> done. >> vfat doesn't store file owner/group or permissions. > > Right! Thanks for the explanation. That alleviates my worry about what > was going wrong. Trevor, There is also a "users" option for /etc/fstab that should allow you to use automount. Like "loop", "users" is [badly] documented in 'man mount', and the stock colorization file for vim will make you think it's not legal. It is. --Doc Savage Fairview Heights, IL
