changing file permissions

Thu, 22 May 2003 16:05:31 -0700 (MST)

Thanks for the info, as I have shown I am somewhat inexperienced. I have playe
with linux for a while but this (my laptop) is my first machine that I will
not be dual booting on.

At this point everything works and I am going for needless extra's...

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On Thu, 22 May 2003, Bryce C wrote:

> Pardon me but isn't XFS a journaling FS and therefore not need to be
> defragged? Nonetheless, if you really want, run fsck.xfs (snickers).
> fsck.xfs is for people just like you. It's just an empty bin that does
> nada.
> 
> On Thu, 2003-05-22 at 15:42, Robert.Wultsch@asu.edu wrote:
> > 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?)
> > 
> > -------------------------
> > Robert James Wultsch III
> > robert.wultsch@asu.edu
> > sheepsleep7 (AIM)
> > (480)951-3169 (Home)
> > (602)692-7564 (Cell)
> > 6900 East Gold Dust #107
> > Scottsdale, Arizona 85253, USA
> > Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments.
> > See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html
> > 
> > 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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