Tim Duggan wrote:

Hi, IIRC, on vfat volumes you can only set permissions for the entire volume not individual files. This is a limitation of the filesystem not linux, however you might be able to mount the partitions as umsdos, which provides permissions on a dos compatible volume. Take a look at /usr/doc/kernel/filesystems/umsdos.txt

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I cannot change permissions of the files on WIN (FAT32) partitions ... Whatever I type permission are unchanged ... Please help

..here is /etc/fstab section with Win partitions ...

/dev/hda1 /C vfat defaults 1 1 /dev/hda5 /D vfat defaults 1 1 /dev/hda6 /E vfat defaults 1 1

UMSDOS should be able to give you total control over permissions, but if you just want to set one lot of permissions for the who partition, use the umask option when mounting (or in /etc/fstab). For more info on how to do umask, man mount is your friend. Do a search for umask (with /umask) and you should get the info. Hope that helps, Chris -- __ _ -o)/ / (_)__ __ ____ __ Chris Reeves /\\ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / ICQ# 22219005 _\_v __/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ -- 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/