Re: File transfers between linux and windows?

From: IT Clown (linux_at_mailbox.co.za)
Date: 02/21/04

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    I have tried that before and it still only allows root
    write access.I've also added rw,users in fstab and mount it
    with a normal user and still the normal user will have read
    access and root will have rw access.

    On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 12:33:51 -0500
     Jason Staudenmayer <jasons@NJAQUARIUM.ORG> wrote:
    > Don't mount as root, or chmod the dir before you mount.
    >
    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: IT Clown [mailto:linux@mailbox.co.za]
    > Sent: Friday, February 20, 2004 12:13 PM
    > To: redhat-list@redhat.com
    > Subject: Re: File transfers between linux and windows?
    >
    >
    > While on the mounting of other file systems how would you
    > mount a nother file system so that a normal user will
    > have
    > rw access to another partition? When i mount a FAT
    > partition only root will have write access while a normal
    > user will only have read access.
    >
    > Regards
    >
    >
    > On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 11:35:49 -0500
    > Eric Evans <eje4@cornell.edu> wrote:
    > > Thanks very much for your clarification, Jason. Being
    > a
    > > newcomer to linux, I had been confused as to how you
    > > could refer in the linux side to a partition that was
    > > created in Windows, like how do you know what to call
    > it?
    > > It didn't occur to me to find out by running fdisk.
    > But
    > > everything is working fine now.
    > >
    > > Thanks!
    > > Eric
    > >
    > > >It would be the directory you want to mount your
    > > windows/linux share in. It
    > > >could be anywhere in the system ie..
    > > '/home/usename/win-lin' just make the
    > > >directory and then set your partition up in windows.
    > Be
    > > fore you mount it
    > > >run fdisk to make sure you know the partition number
    > > then run the mount. I
    > > >you have a slave drive on the primary channel and you
    > > partition was the 3rd
    > > >primary on the drive it would look like this:
    > > >mount -t vfat /dev/hdb3 /home/username/win-lin
    > > >
    > > >
    > > >-----Original Message-----
    > > >From: Eric Evans [mailto:eje4@cornell.edu]
    > > >Sent: Friday, February 20, 2004 10:20 AM
    > > >To: redhat-list@redhat.com
    > > >Subject: RE: File transfers between linux and windows?
    > > >
    > > >
    > > >Hi,
    > > >
    > > >Thanks so much for your reply.
    > > >
    > > > >mount -t vfat /dev/hd'whatever' /mnt/'some-name'
    > > >
    > > >I'm a little bit confused about this though. How do
    > you
    > > know what the
    > > >'some-name' is? Thanks...
    > > >
    > > >Eric
    > > >
    > > >
    > > > >-----Original Message-----
    > > > >From: Eric Evans [mailto:eje4@cornell.edu]
    > > > >Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 3:04 PM
    > > > >To: redhat-list@redhat.com
    > > > >Subject: File transfers between linux and windows?
    > > > >
    > > > >
    > > > >Hi folks,
    > > > >
    > > > >On a dual-OS PC that has both Windows and RH Linux,
    > > what's the best way to
    > > > >transfer files from the Windows side to the Linux
    > side
    > > or vice versa? I
    > > > >thought I heard somewhere that if you create a third
    > > partition that is FAT,
    > > > >that you could access that partition from either the
    > > Windows and Linux
    > > > >partitions, so you could use this third partition as
    > a
    > > way to transfer
    > > > >files back and forth. Is there any truth to this?
    > If
    > > so, how do you go
    > > > >about accessing this FAT partition from Linux?
    > > > >
    > > > >Thanks a lot,
    > > > >Eric
    > > > >
    > > > >
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