-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I would recommend something like:
/dev/hdb1 /dosd vfat defaults,umask=0,utf8,uid=1000,gid=100 /dev/hda1 /dosc vfat defaults,umask=0,utf8,uid=1000,gid=100 Most importantly, the umask=0 option tells mount to grant all permissions for all users. Less important, the uid & gid specify the user & group ids for all files on the vfat filesystem. uid=1000 should usually be the first regular user, and gid=100 should be group users. If you want regular (non-root) users to be able to mount & umount the filesystem, you should add user or users to the options in fstab. 'users' will allow any user to mount or umount the filesystem, while 'user' will allow any user to mount, and only that user (or root, of course) to umount. See man 8 mount for more options. HTH, Conway S. Smith Karthik Vishwanath wrote: > changing the /etc/fstab entries to the ones you listed below, Amin, mounts > the devices at boot but does not allow a user to read them. > > The problem persists. > > -K > > On Mon, 26 Apr 2004, at 9:26am, Amin wrote: > > >>Karthik Vishwanath wrote: >> >> >>>/dev/hdb1 /dosd vfat defaults >>>/dev/hda1 /dosc vfat defaults >>> >>>This mounts the partitions correctly. However, I am able to access these >>>mount points only as root, and not as a user. I would prefer that these >>>vfat partitions be writable by root alone, but be readble for all users on >>>the machine. How can I fix that? >>> >>>Thanks, >>> >>>-K >> >>/dev/hdb1 /dosd vfat defaults,owner,user >>/dev/hda1 /dosc vfat defaults,owner,user >> >>HTH >> >>Yawar >> > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAjcoDGL3AU+cCPDERAnTYAJ9zd3u/by3H71UCNcDGP95z07bCuwCfa79g Ao5XobzNXsmd732sfwl467o= =mJMV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
