[KLUG Members] chmod query

[Bruce Smith]

> I've got an external HDD with a FAT32 partition and a NTFS partition.
> I'm trying to access files on the FAT32 partition from Mandrake 10.
> 
> The partition is mounted as /mnt/maxtorFAT.
> Its permissions are drwxr--r--.
> 
> I log on as root and try to change the permissions. I get no error
> message when I hit return, but the permissions don't change:
> 
> chmod o+w /mnt/maxtorFAT
> 
> Likewise I can't go in and change permissions on the files.

It's possible to specify permissions & owner/group as mount options,
either on the command line or in /etc/fstab.  See the man page for
mount.

 - BS