[plug] ubuntu 6.06 and file permissions for fat32

[Blake Munro]

Hi Josh

It could be a problem with the way Ubuntu is mounting the fat32 partition.

Could you paste the entry for the fat32 partition from your /etc/fstab 
so we can see how it is being mounted?

Cheers
Blake Munro

Josh Fletcher wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm still learning my command line and am having a bit of a problem with
> file permissions in Ubuntu 6.06. ATM it's running dual-boot with Windows XP
> Pro on my Compaq Presario B3800 laptop.
>
> Because I wanted to share files between both OS's, I set up a FAT32
> partition that both can read/write to. I also changed the "My Documents" in
> Windows to point to "Josh's Documents" folder located on the FAT32
> partition.
>
> Ubuntu mounts the partition automatically, but I can only read/write files
> in the root directory of the partition. I get a "permission denied" message
> trying to change anything under the "Josh's Documents" folder.
>
> I tried sudo chown-ing the directory but that still told me permission
> denied. Am I missing anything?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Josh Fletcher	
>
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