Hi, Gordon Use fmask and dmask to define permissions on already existing files and directories. []'s Marcelo Em Sex, 2005-07-01 às 10:47 -0400, Gordon R. Keehn escreveu: > Martín Marqués wrote: > > El Jue 30 Jun 2005 16:50, Yogen Mankikar escribió: > > > >>Thanks for the help guys, > >>Just FYI, adding "user" option to fstab did not work but "umask=000" did > >>work. > > > > > > Sorry, but you have to have done something wrong. Putting user in the optios > > IS the way to deal with this. Check my vfat windows partition that I'm > > mounting as a normal user: > > > > Hi, Guys > I think someone is confusing "user" (which allows a user to MOUNT the > device) and "umask=000" (which controls the default permissions for new > files and folders). I have had problems with USER, myself (e.g. on a > USB ZIP drive), so I bagged it and SU to mount a disk. I have never run > into problems accessing a drive as a user once it has been mounted. > IMHO "umask=000" is NOT a goodness, since it means that new files or > folders will be created with an access mask of 777. > Cheers, > Gordon Keehn >
