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by **Grant Cale** » Sun, 31 Dec 1899 09:00:00

I've got a dual-boot NT/RH Linux setup with an extended partition that
has been created as FAT16 so that both linux and NT can use it.
I can mount the partition okay under linux and can create files on the
partition as the root user.
The problem is that any file or directory created is only editable by the
root user. If i use chmod and set permissions of 777 then nothing happens,
the permissions on the file remain rwxr_xr_x. I've tried changing the owning
group to a group that other users are a member of but linux just says that
the operation is not permitted.
The filesystem has been mounted with default options and a fs type of VFAT,
i'm not sure if this is causing the problem.

Any help would be appreciated.

by **Marc Andre Seli** » Sun, 31 Dec 1899 09:00:00

[accessing a FAT file system from Linux]

Quote:> The problem is that any file or directory created is only editable by the
> root user. If i use chmod and set permissions of 777 then nothing happens,
> the permissions on the file remain rwxr_xr_x. I've tried changing the owning
> group to a group that other users are a member of but linux just says that
> the operation is not permitted.

Read the manual page for mount(8), section "Mount options for fat".
There you will find the options uid=n, gid=n, and umask=0xxx. Try one
of these, or a combination of them, to achieve your goal. For
example, if you really want everybody to be able to write to the FAT
partition, mount it with `mount -t vfat -o umask=0'.

by **Da Bo** » Sun, 31 Dec 1899 09:00:00

Thanks for the advice, that fixed my problem.

>[accessing a FAT file system from Linux]

>> The problem is that any file or directory created is only editable by the
>> root user. If i use chmod and set permissions of 777 then nothing happens,
>> the permissions on the file remain rwxr_xr_x. I've tried changing the owning
>> group to a group that other users are a member of but linux just says that
>> the operation is not permitted.

>Read the manual page for mount(8), section "Mount options for fat".
>There you will find the options uid=n, gid=n, and umask=0xxx. Try one
>of these, or a combination of them, to achieve your goal. For
>example, if you really want everybody to be able to write to the FAT
>partition, mount it with `mount -t vfat -o umask=0'.

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Permissions on a mounted VFAT partitition

Permissions on a mounted VFAT partitition

Permissions on a mounted VFAT partitition

Permissions on a mounted VFAT partitition