Cannot mount FAT32 under non-root permissions

From: mtfulmer (config_12345_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 03/30/04

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    I put all my files on a separate FAT32 partition (hda2) so that i
    could access them from both windows XP and Fedora. I then added the
    following line to /etc/fstab :

    /dev/hda2 /mnt/hda2 vfat defaults,nosuid

    I can now read the files fine under Fedora, but I cannot modify them,
    because the permissions are set to root. Is there a way that I can
    mount it so that it is treated as "ownerless" like under windows? I
    don't like having to su just to get to my files.

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