[huskerlug] Re: Mount problems

Well, I don't think that umask is a mount option, but if you're talking about
the umask command, it works a lot like the fmask & dmask options.  It forces any
files or directories you create to have the permission mask given to the umask
command.  

From the bash man page:

       umask [-p] [-S] [mode]
              The user file-creation mask is set to mode.  If mode begins with
              a  digit,  it is interpreted as an octal number; otherwise it is
              interpreted as a symbolic mode mask similar to that accepted  by
              chmod(1).   If mode is omitted, the current value of the mask is
              printed.  The -S option causes the mask to be  printed  in  sym-
              bolic  form;  the  default output is an octal number.  If the -p
              option is supplied, and mode is omitted, the output is in a form
              that may be reused as input.  The return status is 0 if the mode
              was successfully changed or if no mode  argument  was  supplied,
              and false otherwise.




Quoting "John P. DiMartino" <john_dimartino@xxxxxxx>:

> Thanks for the help.  I used to know that but forgot :).
> 
> Anyway - is umask the same as dmask and fmask except that umask works
> with the subtraction of permissions?
> 
> Thanks,
> John
> 
> 
> On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 11:20, Ben Chavet wrote:
> > use dmask and fmask.  set them to 770 or 777 if you want all users to have
> > read/write access.
> > 
> > Quoting "John P. DiMartino" <john_dimartino@xxxxxxx>:
> > 
> > > I have a computer that dual boots Mandrake 9.1 and WinXP. I also run FTP
> > > servers on both (they have users with passwords, chrooted).  I keep
> > > running into a problem though.  I can't seem to give access to my
> > > windows mounts to all users.  I know I can add the line uid=500 so that
> > > one user can use the drive, but what is the fstab line to give EVERYBODY
> > > access to that drive?  This is what I had - and I thought it worked but
> > > it doesn't.
> > > 
> > > /dev/hda1 /mnt/FTP vfat auto,user,rw 0 0
> > > 
> > > I also tried
> > > 
> > > /dev/hda1 /mnt/FTP vfat defaults 0 0
> > > 
> > > ... do you guys have any hints as to what I am doing wrong?
> > > 
> > > Thanks
> > > John
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
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