I had a similar problem recently and the only way I got around it way by having the windows partition mounted with a user id. So in /etc/fstab my entry looks like this:
/dev/hdc5 /mnt/storage vfat owner,rw,uid=500 0 0 In this case it's a "storage" partition being mounted by uid=500 (my non-root user ID). This allows me to read/write files to the partition with only one hitch - no one else has permissions to do so; I gave my girlfriend her own storage partition mounted by her own user ID. I've tried a similar setup by having users being part of a group (say with a group ID of 510) and replaced uid=500 with gid=510 but that didn't seem to work (no permissions). The problem, AFAIK, is that vfat tables don't support complex permissions; if it's mounted with a user ID then all the files in that partition share the same ID. If someone found a nicer way to get around a situation like this I'd like to hear it too :) Caleb On Fri, 2002-06-07 at 09:00, Michael Brown wrote: > I have a dual boot box with Windows ME and Redhat 7.3. I have Win4Lin > installed and I would like to change the permissions for "My Documents" > folder on my windows drive so that I can read and write as a user. When > I try to change permissions as root I get "insufficient permissions" > message. > > Also, if linked the files/folders I needed to use would they write to my > windows drive when I save a file so that it would be indenticle when I > opened it in windows? > > Mike > _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
