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.
