[wplug] Win98/Linux data sharing

[Bob Schmertz]

1. What's the numeric userid for the user you want to access the 
partition?

2. What user performed the mount?

I just noticed that, for HFS (I have an Apple dual-boot, not a PC), my 
"bob" user can create files if he is the one who mounted the HFS 
partition.  Perhaps you mounted it as root?

On Thu, 24 Apr 2003, Elwin Green wrote:

>Thanks - I've tried editing fstab, with no apparent
>effect. What do your ownership and permissions for
>hda1 look like?
>
>E.
>
>--- redtoade <redtoade at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> I too have a dual boot with the Win98 partition
>> accessable from Linux.  To get this I added the
>> following line to my /etc/fstab
>> 
>> /dev/hda1               /mnt/win98c             vfat
>>  
>>  user,exec,nodev,nosuid,rw,noauto,uid=500 0 0
>> 
>> I would strongly suggest that you 'man fstab' and do
>> a
>> little light reading first.  Some of what I have in
>> there is redundant... 
>> 
>> Good luck.
>> 
>> 
>> --- Elwin Green <bekitemba2002 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> > My primary computer is a dual-boot machine, and
>> most
>> > of my data rests on a DOS partition, which is
>> > shareable over my home network. 
>> > 
>> > I would like r/w access to this partition under
>> > Linux,
>> > and don't know how to accomplish that. When I boot
>> > to
>> > Linux, the partition's owner and group are both
>> > listed
>> > as "root." Therefore when I try to write to this
>> > partition (under my everyday user id), I can't,
>> > because I lack permissions. And of course, I don't
>> > want to do everyday work as "root".
>> > 
>> > I tried, as root, to change the permissions with
>> > chmod, to no effect. 
>> > 
>> > What should I do?
>> > 
>> > Elwin G.
>> > 
>> > 
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