Try using "user" instead of "users", and then include the uid and gid of
the owner: rw,user,uid=505,gid=505

The above should limit the mount to the user with the uid of 505, and set
ownership of new files created in the mount to said user.

Glen
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On Fri, 11 Aug 2000, Juha-Heikki Lehtonen wrote:

>Does the mount (or fstab) really include that option. At least I didn't
>knew...
>But I think it's not probably anything necessary, or at least I use the
>"users" option with /dev/crdom and /dev/fd0 and that allows me to mount and
>umount with all my usernames not only root...
>
>I can't probably help more than this...
>
>J
>
>----- Original Message -----
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>Subject: "owner" option for mount command
>
>
>>
>>   the man page for the "mount" command says nothing about
>> the "owner" option, which shows up in /etc/fstab for, in
>> my case, /dev/cdrom and /dev/fd0.
>>
>>   what does this mean?  originally, i thought it meant that
>> the files under that mount would be effectively owned by
>> the person who did the mount, but this is clearly not true.
>>
>>   what does it mean, and why is it kept such a secret?
>>
>> rday
>>
>> --
>> "This is Microsoft technical support.  How may I misinform you?"
>>
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