Fallout wrote:
>
> I have a mounted drive (a fat32 partition) as /mnt/win/
>
> Here is what I do, and the result that I'm curious about:
>
> [root@sloth private]# mv info.txt /mnt/win/down/info.txt
> mv: overwrite `/mnt/win/down/info.txt'? y
> mv: preserving ownership for /mnt/win/down/info.txt: Operation not
> permitted
>
> How can I prevent this error? I think I understand why it's happening
> (fat32 doesn't have file permissions that are compatible), but how can I
> get around it?
>
> tia.
> -Mike
>
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Are you mounting it as root and trying to copy as another user?
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