[vox-tech] good reference source for fstab permissions variables/syntax

[Donald Childs]

Thanks for all the assistance . I'm able to write to the vfat partition
now, using:

/dev/hdf4    /mnt/fat    vfat user,rw,uid=[user],gid=[workgroup] 0 0

but will go back and add the showexec attribute.

The mount man file, rh8, has a strange remark for the "showexec"
attribute, as well as for sys_immutable, dot, nodots, dotsOK=[yes|no]:

"Various misguided attempts to force unix or dos conventions onto a fat
filesystem." 



On Wed, 2003-07-02 at 14:25, Ken Bloom wrote:
> Last but not least, whenever you use vfat, you should use the 
> "showexec" option as well, so that execute bits are handled correctly 
> (unset for regular files, set for directories, subject to the umask. 
> Otherwise they'll all be set, even for regular files)
> 
> On 2003.07.02 13:42, Mark K. Kim wrote:
> > It also might be a umask thing, too.  Try adding the umask option as
> > well:
> > 
> >   /dev/hdf4  /fat  vfat  user,rw,uid=donald,gid=donald,umask=0007  0 0
> > 
> > Then remove the stuff you don't need, since it's probably not ideal to
> > mount the partition with above UID, GID, and UMASK all the time.
> > 
> > -Mark
> > 
> > 
> > On Wed, 2 Jul 2003, Troy Arnold wrote:
> > 
> > > On Wed, Jul 02, 2003 at 01:23:58PM -0700, Donald Childs wrote:
> > > > I'm trying to set up a vfat partition on rh8 so my users (me) have
> > > > write as well as read permissions on my vfat partition.
> > > >
> > > > I've used several suggested fstab file variables and syntax
> > changes
> > > > suggested in ng posts, the rh 8.0 manual and the linux doc project
> > HOWTO-,
> > > > but haven't had any success. Could you guys give me a heads up on
> > a good
> > > > source?
> > >
> > > Check out the man page for mount.
> > >
> > > > Here's what I've currently applied:
> > > > /dev/hdf4   /fat           vfat    user,rw,noauto      0   0
> > >
> > > Not to take away your fishin' pole but:
> > >
> > > /dev/hdf4	/fat	vfat  user,rw,uid=donald,gid=donald	0	 
> > 0
> > >
> > >
> > > -troy
> > >
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