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PostPosted: Thu May 23, 2002 3:20 pm    Post subject: Writing to a FAT32 Partition Reply with quote

Is it possible to write to a FAT32 partition as a normal user? If so, how could this be done?

Thanks in advance.
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PostPosted: Thu May 23, 2002 3:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

In /etc/fstab, either specify the user option and mount it as a user, or change the mode to 0777
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PostPosted: Thu May 23, 2002 4:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Does the user have to be part of any group to be able to mount? I get an error saying only root can do that. I have edited /etc/fstab and added the appropriate settings (ie add the user option, under options).

What am I doing wrong?
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PostPosted: Thu May 23, 2002 5:17 pm    Post subject: mount Reply with quote

AFIK, you have to be root to use the mount command. This is for security purposes. If you add an entry to /etc/fstab to mount the fat32 drive at boot, then you should be able to write to it as a user, as long as the permissions of the directory allow it.
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PostPosted: Thu May 23, 2002 5:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've got it working. I was typing the wrong command (mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows). I have to type just mount /dev/hda1.

Thanks for your help.
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