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  From: Matthew Geddes <mgeddes@xavier.sa.edu.au>
  To  : Lyndon Zimmermann <lyndon.zimmermann@adelaide.edu.au>
  Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 11:37:20 +0930

Re: CHMOD on /DOS drive.

Lyndon Zimmermann wrote:
> 
> Greetings,
> 
> I'm trying to configure my Linux Netscape Communicator to allow me to
> access emails under both Linux and NT, according to which OS I use.
> Neither OS is currently satisfactory.
> 
> I have NTFS, Linux native, Linux swap and DOS partitions.  Obviously the
> DOS should be accessible to both operating systems.  In reality, DOS is
> only accessible to root under Linux, not as me.  CHMOD 777 ... , from
> root, doesn't appear to work.

You can't put permissions on a file system that doesn't support them.
DOS (FAT) filesystem does not have any security whatsoever. You may be
able to use mount to apply permissions to allow everyone access. Check
your nearest mount man page.

Hope it helps,
Matt

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