kath wrote:

Hi

I am trying to write to my windows partition on my second ide drive, hdb1 from linux, (SuSE 6.3).

After mounting the drive to /dosd I try to copy a file to /dosd using KFM but I get the message 'Could not write to... perhaps access denied' This message is the same for a user and as root.

I have tried as root to change the owner or group of /dosd but I can not do this I get a similiar message 'Could not change owner/group perhaps access denied' I have also tried changing the read/write access for others, no joy.

This problem keeps coming up. There are really two parts to it. To be able to write to a Windows partition, you need to include the magic incantation `umask=0' in the /etc/fstab line that references the partition. As to owner/group, you can't change it because Windows filesystems don't record it; but there shouldn't be any ill consequences to the occasional error messages. I wish there was some way of publicizing the `umask=0' incantation so that people wouldn't have to keep asking about it. I certainly don't blame you for not knowing about it. Paul Abrahams -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/