Re: mounting vfat partitions

Karthik Vishwanath
2004-04-26T22:27:01Z

changing the /etc/fstab entries to the ones you listed below, Amin, mounts
the devices at boot but does not allow a user to read them.

The problem persists.

-K

On Mon, 26 Apr 2004, at 9:26am, Amin wrote:

> Karthik Vishwanath wrote:
>
> > /dev/hdb1 /dosd vfat defaults
> > /dev/hda1 /dosc vfat defaults
> >
> > This mounts the partitions correctly. However, I am able to access these
> > mount points only as root, and not as a user. I would prefer that these
> > vfat partitions be writable by root alone, but be readble for all users on
> > the machine. How can I fix that?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > -K
>
> /dev/hdb1 /dosd vfat defaults,owner,user
> /dev/hda1 /dosc vfat defaults,owner,user
>
> HTH
>
> Yawar