I would expect you should either set the mode for the
	directory on which it is mounted, or use '-m mask' when mounting.
	See mount_msdos(8).

		David/absolute		-- www.netbsd.org: No hype required --


On Mon, 29 Jan 2001, David Chapman wrote:

> My NetBSD system dual boots with Win '98, and I'm wondering how I can
> give non-root users permission to write to the mounted MS-DOS drives.  I
> tried chmod, but the permissions don't get changed.
>
> drwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel     8192 Jan  1  1980 c
> drwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel    12288 Jan  1  1980 d
> drwxr-xr-x   2 root  wheel      512 Jan 23 06:43 e
> drwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel     8192 Jan  1  1980 f
> drwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel     4096 Jan  1  1980 g
>
> After running (as root)  'chmod 777 /c' the permissions are exactly the same.
>
> Here's /etc/fstab:
>
> /dev/sd1a / ffs rw 1 1
> /dev/sd1b none swap sw 0 0
> /dev/sd1e /usr ffs rw 1 2
> /dev/sd0e /c msdos rw 0 0
> /dev/sd2e /d msdos rw 0 0
> /dev/sd3h /usr1 ffs rw 1 2
> /dev/sd4e /e msdos rw 0 0
> /dev/sd5e /f msdos rw 0 0
> /dev/sd6e /g msdos rw 0 0
> /dev/cd0d /cd0 cd9660 ro 0 0
> /dev/cd1d /cd1 cd9660 ro 0 0
> /kern /kern kernfs rw
>
> Any ideas?
>
>   Thanks,
>    Dave Chapman
>
>