Fwd: FW: [plug] ubuntu 6.06 and file permissions for fat32

[Josh Fletcher]

Hi Blake,

Here you go...

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
proc            /proc           proc    defaults        0       0
/dev/hda2       /               ext3    defaults,errors=remount-ro 0       1
/dev/hda4       /media/documents vfat    defaults,utf8,umask=007,gid=46
0       1
/dev/hda1       /media/windows  ntfs    defaults,nls=utf8,umask=007,gid=46
0       1
/dev/hda5       none            swap    sw              0       0
/dev/hdc        /media/cdrom0   udf,iso9660 user,noauto     0       0

Thanks, Josh


-----Original Message-----
From: plug-bounces at plug.org.au [mailto:plug-bounces at plug.org.au] On Behalf
Of Blake Munro
Sent: Wednesday, 20 September 2006 12:38 PM
To: plug at plug.org.au
Subject: Re: [plug] ubuntu 6.06 and file permissions for fat32

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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Kind regards,

Josh Fletcher
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