This worksforme: /dev/hdb1 /mnt/storage1 auto rw,noexec,uid=500,gid=500 0 0 It's a fat32 drive. On Sat, 2004-02-28 at 14:11, Luis A. La Luz wrote: > I know that there is an obvious answer to this but just started using > Linux Fedora Core and need help. I have a dual boot system with Linux > Fedora and Win XP Home. I have Windows on a NTFS partition but put in a > 30 gbyte vfat partition on the same 120 gbyte hard drive in order to > share files between systems. I have Linux On a 20 gbyte separate drive. > I have documents that I want to access and write to from Linux in the > vfat partition. I edited the fstab file to mount the vfat partition > with the following line; > > /dev/hda5 /win vfat default 0 0 > > Now when I boot up I can access the documents and read and write as root > but as a regular user I can only read. I looked up the chmod command and > tried to use it as root to change the permissions to the win directory > and also used the chown command to change ownership of the directory. > The system won't let me do either, even as root. I also tried to change > it fro the console as root but it denied permission. Is it a problem > with vfat directories or did i edit the fstab file wrong? > > I love working with Linux as I am older and remember my days with DOS > prompt when learning to use the system was a challenge. > > Luis >
