Mounting File System

[Slack Rat]

John Van Ostrand wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-02-24 at 11:58 +0100, Slack Rat wrote:
>> I seem to be unable to mount a vfat system so that it is rw for any user
>>
>> Can anyone help with exactly what I should have in fstab?
> 
> Are you able to mount it at all? If you can mount it them check the 
> permissions of the mount point directory.
> 
> -- 
What happens is that no matter how I chown and chmod the mountpoint, 
after mounting root owns it with permissions set at 0755; the original 
owner and permissions at the mountpoint not really counting for anything 
much unless the mountpoint is also used for some other purpose besides a 
simple mountpoint.

But the root ownership and 0755 permissions are the real problem and 
manipulating the fstab never changes what happens after mounting.

I was under the impression that noauto,users,rw would be sufficient and 
in fact have used that for years but all I get is an "only root can 
mount blah blah"

I'm setting up a new portable and only recently perceived  the problem

And yes, I have been from one end to the other of man fstab(5) and mount(8)

Possibly I have done something stupid, but the solution eludes me..........

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