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/ > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >