changing file permissions

Thu, 22 May 2003 15:42:31 -0700 (MST)

I guess I was showing my inexperience there. Is there some way that I kde
automaticly mount the partition for specific users?
OR
Is there some way to transform a fat32 to a unix file system? Would i even
want to do this, as my experience with ext2 sucks. (I am using xfs for my
/,btw anyone know how to defrag a xfs?)

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On Thu, 22 May 2003, Jeremy C. Reed wrote:

> On Thu, 22 May 2003, Rob Wultsch wrote:
> 
> > /stuff is vfat.I have it automaticly mounted with a line in my
> > /etc/fstab that reads:
> > /dev/hda2 /stuff vfat auto,user,umask=000 0 0
> >
> > I am discouraged by:
> > root@fearlessrogue:/home/rob# chown rob:rob /stuff
> > chown: changing ownership of `/stuff': Operation not permitted
> >
> >
> > Any suggestions???
> 
> Yes, see my previous email:
> 
> > > I assume that /stuff is not a Unix-type filesystem.
> 
> It's vfat. It is not a Unix-type filesystem that supports different users
> and groups.
> 
> > > Maybe, use your mount options to choose which uid (and gid) should be used
> > > when it is mounted in the first place.
> 
> Look at your mount manual page; read about "vfat":
>        uid=value and gid=value
>               Set the owner and group of all files. (Default: the
>               uid and gid of the current process.)
> 
> 
> For example (where 101 is your music user and 101 is your music group):
> 
> /dev/hda2 /stuff vfat auto,user,umask=000,uid=101,gid=101 0 0
> 
> Have fun!
> 
>    Jeremy C. Reed
>    http://bsd.reedmedia.net/
> 
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