OK then, can I partitione the disk under linux, add a fat and an exts
filesystem? How would I do thid?
Wayne
On Tue, 14 Mar 2000, you wrote:
> I can tell you the reason but not the fix. The partition is formatted as FAT,
> which has no concept of ownership. Thus, the ownership for it is determined
> by Linux. There is a way to change it; I wish I could tell you. I have a
> drive in the same position: I have tried using Linuxconf to let users write to
> it, but it keeps coming up as read-only for non-root users. I have been
> su'ing to root to store stuff there. Does anyone know how to change this?
>
> -Andrew Vick
>
> >===== Original Message From [EMAIL PROTECTED] =====
> [snip]
> >[root@F11-pc-3B022-1 DOS_hdd1]# chown -v wapether Wayne/
> >failed to change owner of Wayne to wapether
> >chown: Wayne: Operation not permitted
> >[root@F11-pc-3B022-1 DOS_hdd1]#
> >
> >What is the specific command I use to change ownership of this directory
> >to my user profile?
> >
> >Wayne
> >
> >
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> >Wayne Petherick
> >Criminology Department
> >Bond University
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