Re: Access to DOS VFAT partitions

[Bruce Smith <bruce@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Robert A. Wade" wrote:
> 
> Context:
> I have a dual boot (lilo) RH5.2 & Win98 system.  I am also trying to get the
> family to migrate to, or at least use Linux. We have MS Office 97, & I just
> installed SO50 (which can read/write Office 97 files). The VFAT dos
> partition with all data files (Win C:/My Documents/Hilary or Erica etc) is
> mounted in linux as /dev/hda1 on /dos/c.
> 
> In fstab I have the following:
> /dev/hda1  /dos/c  vfat  exec,dev,suid,rw,conv=auto, uid=500, gid=500,
> perm=770 0 0
> (these were set by linuxconf)
> 
> where uid = Robert (me) gid = wade (all family members including Robert).
> Trouble is, only  root & Robert can read/write these DOS files from linux.
> >From fvwm, permissions reveals rwxr-xr-x despite the fstab commands.  In
> fact, nothing I do seems to alter these dos pseudo permissions.
> 
> Question:
> Can anyone help me get rw access to other family members (of group=wade)
> without "guest" users getting access?

Try adding "user" to the parameters and mount it as a non-root user.

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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