[H-GEN] Rights

[Martin Pool]

[ Humbug *General* list - semi-serious discussions about Humbug and
Unix-related topics. ]

At 22:07 5/09/99 +1000, you wrote:
>[ Humbug *General* list - semi-serious discussions about Humbug and
>Unix-related topics. ]
>
>On Fri, 3 Sep 1999, Harry Phillips wrote:
>
>> When I mount my FAT32 partition under linux it simulates the rights
>> 
>> -rwxr-xr-x    root    root


If you did use chmod, where would it store that information?  There's
nowhere in the fat filesystem to put the mode (with the exception of the
readonly bit.)   Therefore you should do as Michael said.

>man mount(8)
>
>
>gid=value   give every file group id of said value
>uid=value   give every file uid of said value
>umask=value give every file the umask of said value

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