[SOLVED] Cannt write in XP partion!!!

[zengmao]

[root@localhost tmp]# cat /etc/fstab
LABEL=/ / ext3 defaults 1 1
LABEL=/data /data ext3 defaults 1 2
tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs defaults 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
LABEL=SWAP-sda11 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/sda1 /mnt/xp vfat defaults 1 2
/dev/sda5 /mnt/software vfat defaults 1 2
/dev/sda6 /mnt/package vfat defaults 1 2
/dev/sda7 /mnt/learning vfat defaults 1 2
/dev/sda8 /mnt/fun vfat defaults 1 2
[root@localhost tmp]#

the user m(not root) have the perm to write /mnt/*,but when they mount filesystem ,m cannt write any more!!!but root have the perm to write and delete!!!

what can i do for it ??????

[devils casper]

Are all partitions formatted in FAT32 filesystem?
Edit /etc/fstab file :

/dev/sda1 /mnt/xp vfat defaults,umask=0 0 0
/dev/sda5 /mnt/software vfat defaults,umask=0 0 0
/dev/sda6 /mnt/package vfat defaults,umask=0 0 0
/dev/sda7 /mnt/learning vfat defaults,umask=0 0 0
/dev/sda8 /mnt/fun vfat defaults,umask=0 0 0

Execute mount -a command or reboot machine.

[zengmao]

It's OK,
thank you very much,my Indian friend!!!!!

[saivin]

It's OK,
thank you very much,my Indian friend!!!!!

Ok? You mean to say now you are able to write without any sort of editing after this posting?

But if I'm right, by default, the 'defaults' option doesnot give write access to user that too in /mnt directory!

[zengmao]

Yeah ,

I have :
chown m /mnt/*


Is this right??????

[devils casper]

There is no need to execute chown command for Fat32 and NTFS partitions. Linux support FAT32 write access by default but one has to set umask=0 to enable it. ntfs-3g package is pre-installed in most of distros these days and it allows read/write access to NTFS partitions.

[zengmao]

not partion,

only the directory under /mnt

[saivin]

Yeah ,

I have :
chown m /mnt/*


Is this right??????

bingo.....

[devils casper]

Don't you have write access in Windows Partitions now?

Execute this

ls /mnt
df -h

Post output here.

[zengmao]

I had write access in Windows Partitions already!!!!

[m@localhost ~]$ ls /mnt
fun  learning  package  software  xp
[m@localhost ~]$ df -h
Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda10             24G  5.6G   17G  25% /
/dev/sda9              19G  4.0G   15G  22% /data
tmpfs                 505M     0  505M   0% /dev/shm
/dev/sda1             9.8G  3.9G  5.9G  40% /mnt/xp
/dev/sda5              25G  2.6G   22G  11% /mnt/software
/dev/sda6              44G  1.7G   43G   4% /mnt/package
/dev/sda7             9.8G  106M  9.7G   2% /mnt/learning
/dev/sda8              15G  4.1G   11G  28% /mnt/fun
[m@localhost ~]$

Oh ,if I

 chown root /mnt/*

,i have the write permission also....

It dosn't matter with the owner of the directory under /mnt!!


Thank you very much!!!!!