Can you tell what cp complains about ? [01:54:40 shaul]$ ls -l t* -rw-rw-r-- 1 shaul shaul 0 May 24 01:34 test.txt [01:54:54 shaul]$ ls -l /MS/t* ls: /MS/t*: No such file or directory
Now trying to copy test.txt to the vfat partition: [01:55:13 shaul]$ cp -v test.txt /MS/ test.txt -> /MS/test.txt cp: /MS/test.txt: Operation not permitted [01:55:23 shaul]$ ls -l /MS/t* -rwxrwxr-x 1 root dos 0 May 24 01:55 /MS/test.txt Some more info: [01:55:50 shaul]$ mount | grep /MS /dev/hda1 on /MS type vfat (rw,umask=002,uid=0,gid=35) [01:56:02 shaul]$ grep /MS /etc/fstab /dev/hda1 /MS vfat defaults,noauto,umask=002,uid=0,gid= 35 0 0 [01:57:49 shaul]$ grep dos /etc/group dos:x:35:dos,shaul Thank you.