On Thu, 2005-09-01 at 15:07 +0200, Liloulinx wrote: > Kenneth Porter wrote: > > > --On Thursday, September 01, 2005 4:41 AM +0200 Liloulinx > > <alilou_linux@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >> Evry time when I create a directory, automaticaly the system make the > >> root as the owner of this directory. When I (the user or the root) > >> try to > >> change its owner (by using the chown commande), the answer of the system > >> is "not allowed Operation". > >> Where is the problem? is there a bad parameter... > > > > > > What filesystem are you doing this on? For some kinds of filesystem, > > the whole filesystem is owned by the user configured at mount time. > > > > > it's a VFAT system. > Yes it's true in /home/my_directory I can create a directory and I'm the > owner, but when I move it to the other partition, it became > automatically the property of root (the owner)!! Is there solution to > this??? > One way is to set the uid and gid of the owner at mount time. man mount. These options can also be set in fstab. Bob...
