This one time, at band camp, Jim Cornette <fc-cornette@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > If you are plugging in the USB drive after you are in the GUI, it will > inherit the GUI user. (console user). If you want to make the VFAT > readable by other than the user you need to pick a mountpoint and use > umask settings in the config file where the drive is mounted. You can > select users for everybody to be able to access it. The other > permissions are set when you plug in the USB drive by programs included > with Fedora to mount drives. chmodding even as root is not a function. I have the the USB drive (250gig) plugged in when booting. I then mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/windows-g The drive is formatted fat32. How can I use umask in a config file to change this? Kind regards Kevin -- "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote."