FAT32 partition permission question

[Steve]

On 4/16/05, Steve <bassix-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I added the following line to my fstab, which automounts my fat32
> partition, however *some* folders are listed as read-only when I
> browse as a regular user (permission "555"). Most of the other folders
> and files are read-write ("777"):
> 
> /dev/hda5               /mnt/fat32              vfat    users,rw,umask=0 0 0
> 
> Is there something I did wrong with the fstab entry, or is there some
> idiosyncratic thing with some of my folders in the fat32 partition?
> 

Heh heh... replying to my own post! I figured it out but it may be of
use to others... something pretty simple. In XP I had assigned custom
icons to the folder icons. I had to create a new folder and move the
stuff into there. Now all is well again.

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