Re: VFAT mount (bug or feature?)

OGAWA Hirofumi (hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp)
Thu, 14 Nov 2002 00:03:25 +0900

"Udo A. Steinberg" <us15@os.inf.tu-dresden.de> writes:

> Hello,
>
> In my /etc/fstab I have the following entry:
>
> /dev/hda1 /win vfat defaults,umask=022 1 1
>
> Why does 2.5.47 have user/group restricted permissions on the mount
> point and all its subdirectories, despite the umask setting?

The dmask option was added at 2.5.43. It's umask for directory, and
default is umask of process when mounting. Please use it.

eg.
# mount -t vfat /dev/xxx /xxx -o dmask=022

Regards

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OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp>
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