Have you set the umask correctly? Because FAT doesn't have a permissions scheme of its own, permissions are based on how it's mounted. On my home system (no access by other than fully trusted users), I use:
mount -tvfat -oumask=0000 /dev/xxx /rosa which mounts it such that everything in the filesyste is 777 (everybody can do anything). You might want to be more cautious with a more public machine. Check man vfat for more info. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew J Perrin - Ph.D. Candidate, UC Berkeley, Dept. of Sociology Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA - http://demog.berkeley.edu/~aperrin [EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thu, 8 Mar 2001, Nick wrote: > hello list, > > I recently setup a dual boot system w/ > debian unstable/woody w/ 2.2.18 and windozs w/ a fat32 partition > > all goes well when mounting it as a vfat type. I can read from the partition, > but I can't seem to write to it. > > I have tried chown root /mnt/winhd --where it is mounted. > > any suggestions would be appreciated, thanks > > -nick > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
