Hi Blake,<br><br>Here you go...<br><br># /etc/fstab: static file system information.<br>#<br># <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass><br>proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
<br>/dev/hda2 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1<br>/dev/hda4 /media/documents vfat defaults,utf8,umask=007,gid=46 0 1<br>/dev/hda1 /media/windows ntfs defaults,nls=utf8,umask=007,gid=46 0 1
<br>/dev/hda5 none swap sw 0 0<br>/dev/hdc /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0<span class="gmail_quote"><br><br></span>Thanks, Josh<br><br><br>-----Original Message-----
<br>From: <a href="mailto:plug-bounces@plug.org.au">plug-bounces@plug.org.au</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:plug-bounces@plug.org.au">plug-bounces@plug.org.au</a>] On Behalf<br>Of Blake Munro<br>Sent: Wednesday, 20 September 2006 12:38 PM
<br>To: <a href="mailto:plug@plug.org.au">plug@plug.org.au</a><br>Subject: Re: [plug] ubuntu 6.06 and file permissions for fat32<br><br>Hi Josh<br><br>It could be a problem with the way Ubuntu is mounting the fat32 partition.
<br><br>Could you paste the entry for the fat32 partition from your /etc/fstab<br>so we can see how it is being mounted?<br><br>Cheers<br>Blake Munro<br><br>Josh Fletcher wrote:<br>> Hi all,<br>><br>> I'm still learning my command line and am having a bit of a problem with
<br>> file permissions in Ubuntu 6.06. ATM it's running dual-boot with Windows<br>XP<br>> Pro on my Compaq Presario B3800 laptop.<br>><br>> Because I wanted to share files between both OS's, I set up a FAT32<br>
> partition that both can read/write to. I also changed the "My Documents"<br>in<br>> Windows to point to "Josh's Documents" folder located on the FAT32<br>> partition.<br>><br>> Ubuntu mounts the partition automatically, but I can only read/write files
<br>> in the root directory of the partition. I get a "permission denied"<br>message<br>> trying to change anything under the "Josh's Documents" folder.<br>><br>> I tried sudo chown-ing the directory but that still told me permission
<br>> denied. Am I missing anything?<br>><br>> Thanks in advance,<br>><br>> Josh Fletcher<br>><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> PLUG discussion list: <a href="mailto:plug@plug.org.au">
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</a><br>Committee e-mail: <a href="mailto:committee@plug.linux.org.au">committee@plug.linux.org.au</a><br><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Kind regards,<br><br>Josh Fletcher<br>Nerds Are For Dorks