On 3/8/06, chen li <chen_li3@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I create a FAT32 partition on my hardware to access > excel files of Windows XP from Linux FC4. As I recall > files on this partition are supposed to be read and > written under Linux FC4(or either way). But what I > find is that it can only be read. So what am I > supposed to do to make it written from FC4? A FAT32 partition when mounted by the command (as root) # mount -t vfat /dev/hdXX /mnt/mountpoint is readable by all but writable only by root. For the partition to be writable by all users mount is as follows... # mount -t vfat -o umask=000 /dev/hdXX /mnt/mountpoint -- Regards Vivek Registered Linux User #374218 Livin' The iLife ~ http://www.ilifenet.net
