Re: chmod on vfat

1999-02-13 Thread Jiri Baum
> On Fri, 12 Feb 1999, David Webster wrote: ... > : work arounds to allow someone other than root to write to a vfat > : partition? > Nathan E Norman: > Yeah, use an fstab entry like this (this is ntfs but applies to > vfat/msdos also afaik) > > /dev/hda1 /ntdrv1 ntfs user,exec,nosuid,gid=50,

Re: chmod on vfat

1999-02-12 Thread Frozen Rose
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, David Webster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Only root can write to a vfat partition. I suppose because vfat >contains no extended attributes for security you cannot simply chmod on >a file/directory to allow someone other than root to write to it. Any >work arounds

Re: chmod on vfat

1999-02-12 Thread servis
*- On 12 Feb, David Webster wrote about "chmod on vfat" > Only root can write to a vfat partition. I suppose because vfat > contains no extended attributes for security you cannot simply chmod on > a file/directory to allow someone other than root to write to it. Any > work arounds to allow someo

Re: chmod on vfat

1999-02-12 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Fri, 12 Feb 1999, David Webster wrote: : Only root can write to a vfat partition. I suppose because vfat : contains no extended attributes for security you cannot simply chmod on : a file/directory to allow someone other than root to write to it. Any : work arounds to allow someone other