[PLUG] Setting permissions for windows partition
Richard Steffens
rsteff at attbi.com
Sat Sep 7 22:15:52 UTC 2002
My Debian system is set up for dual boot, so there's a Windows 98
partition. I've included it in /etc/fstab so I can access it when
running Linux. When logged in as a user (same name and password as for
Win98) I find that the files are read only. When I su, the files become
r/w. To uncomplicate things, I thought I'd change the owner from root to
rsteff, but I find that changing the ownership of anything on the
windows partition is not permitted. Is this normal, or did I miss
something when I set up fstab?
Here's the pertinent line in /etc/fstab:
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
/dev/hda1 /mnt/windows msdos defaults 0 2
As I re-read man fstab and man mount, I don't see any specific mention
of defaults. Do I have to specify that I want the system mounted as
read/write? Or, do I have to specifically allow user to mount the
system?
I can always get around the problem by working on those files as root,
but that seems wrong.
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Regards,
Dick Steffens
"Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati"
http://rsteff.home.attbi.com/
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