Mount FAT32 shared partition with 'write' permission

**koady** · 12-18-2006

I have a simple but annoying problem. I want to automatically mount a shared data partition at boot-up in order to read/write data and to share email and web browser information. I have a separate partition formatted to FAT32 (vfat). I have created a mount point (/winshare) and added a line to '/etc/fstab'. For various reasons I would prefer to have an independent mount point rather than mounting it in '/home/user_name' (where I assume I would have read/write access by default). However, while the partition mounts, I can see and access the data, I cannot get write permission.

Here is the relevant information.
$ mount:

Code:

/dev/sda2 on /winshare type vfat (rw,uid=1000,gid=1000)

'/etc/fstab':

Code:

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  	<options>       		<dump>  <pass>
proc            /proc           proc    	defaults        		0       0
usbfs		     /proc/bus/usb	usbfs		devmode=0666  	  0	0
sysfs           /sys            sysfs   	defaults        		0       0
tmpfs           /dev/shm        tmpfs   	defaults        		0       0
/dev/sda5       /               reiserfs	defaults        		0       1
/dev/sda1       /media/sda1     ntfs		ro,umask=000,nls=utf8		0       0
/dev/sda2       /winshare	vfat		auto,rw,uid=1000,gid=1000 0       0
/dev/sda6       /home		ext3		defaults        		0       0
/dev/sda7       none            swap		sw              		0       0
/dev/hdc        /media/cdrom0   		udf,iso9660 user,noauto		0       
0OC

I have tried mounting the partition using <options>:
"rw,auto,users"
and
"defaults"
as well as what you can see above
"auto,rw,uid=user_name,gid=group_name"

I have also tried to run '# chmod' on the mount point, for e.g., '# chmod ug+w /winshare' but while I can change all these options, I cannot change the write permission.

Can anyone advise me on this? Thanks.

coady

**antidrugue** · 12-18-2006

This should work nicely :

Code:

/dev/sda2       /winshare	vfat		user,umask=0000,iocharset=utf8   0    0

**devils casper** · 12-18-2006

add this code in /etc/fstab file for /winshare.

Code:

/dev/sda2      /winshare      vfat     rw,auto,umask=0,uid=1000,gid=1000 0 0

Edit: antidrugue beats me !

Casper

**koady** · 12-18-2006

I tried the following, but it doesn't work:

Code:

/dev/sda2 /winshare vfat rw,auto,umask=0000,uid=1000,gid=1000,iocharset=utf8	0       0

I am not sure why? I have tried other combinations too.
Is the problem the location of the mount point in the file system?
What about specific umask settings (e.g. for user and group)?
Note, utf8 is set in LANG.

coady

**namelessone** · 12-18-2006

I believe the important bit is the "user" part.

Code:

/dev/sda2 /winshare vfat user,rw,auto,umask=0000,uid=1000,gid=1000,iocharset=utf8	0       0

This allows users with non-root access to write to the partition. (i think)

**koady** · 12-18-2006

I have entered the following setting in '/etc/fstab':
"/dev/sda2 /media/sda2 vfat exec,umask=000,shortname=mixed,quiet,iocharset=utf 8 0 0"

command "mount" looks like this:
"/dev/sda2 on /media/sda2 type vfat (rw,umask=000,shortname=mixed,quiet,iocharset=utf

"

command "ls -l" looks like this:
"drwxrwxrwx 6 root root 4096 1970-01-01 01:00 sda2"

It should work. I know it should. But I can't write to "/dev/sda2". The strange thing I noticed here is the date (i.e. "1970-01-01 01:00").

coady

**Danniy** · 12-18-2006

Sorry to barge in, but i have the same problem.
I crated /mnt/dos

in fstab i added the line

/dev/hdb5 /mnt/dos vfat defaults 0 0

or rw 0 0

what to do? i just want my partition mounted, thats all.

**devils casper** · 12-19-2006

hi koady !

post the output of 'fdisk -l' command.

Originally Posted by Danniy

in fstab i added the line
/dev/hdb5 /mnt/dos vfat defaults 0 0
or rw 0 0
what to do? i just want my partition mounted, thats all.

the code you are using seems correct. is /dev/hda5 has FAT32 file system? did you create mount point 'dos'?
post the output of 'fdisk -l' command.

Casper

**koady** · 12-19-2006

Thanks to everyone who helped here. I now have read/write access to the shared partition. Best regards to all...

coady

**Danniy** · 12-19-2006

What do u mean by creating a mount point? How to create a mount point?

The partition is fat32. Is a windows partition, and i want full rights on it from linux. I cant mount it.

I only mount it by this line:

mount -t vfat /dev/hdb5 /mnt/dos

But is temporary and i dont have write rights.

What to do. Im a linux novice.

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