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Re: [PLUG] Mounting vfat partition as rw?
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On 16 Jan 2001 23:59:51 -0500, Bill Jonas wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 16, 2001 at 11:52:11PM -0500, Michael Leone wrote:
> > Can't mount as anything but root.
>
> Tried a 'chown turgon /Storage' ?
No. I can. And it might work for the user turgon. But it's only a
partial solution; what about other users?
>
> It may be the kernel vfat handler that's preventing you from doing what
> you want. There might be a /proc interface file that you can send options
> to, but I doubt it. If the above doesn't work, you might have to hack the
> kernel source to get what you want to work.
That ... really doesn't seem right. Having to hack the kernel to mount a
vfat partition rw. I mean, not everyone can/does hack the kernel to do
what on the face of it seems to be a non-unexpected thing - mounting a
partition rw.
I'll keep looking.
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