Howdy folks! I've got a couple of thumb drives that I use to move data back-and-forth between my Linux boxes and some Windows machines that I use at Work (NC State) and school (OSU). Naturally, I've formatted these guys w/ FAT32 file systems. No problem there. When I plug one into my Linux box it gets auto-mounted and things are good to go, except... The GID for all of the files and directories is "0" (ie. the root group...) The UID *is* getting set to my account's UID (1000 for me on this box) and I'd like the same for the GID. Any ideas? Some quick facts. Debian/Ubuntu (and others?) don't use /etc/fstab for this stuff anymore - it's all done with HAL, which is a good thing. HAL leaves a file (/mdeia/.hal-mtab) on the system and when the thumb drive is mounted the file is text and shows the UID=1000 and the GID=0. Where, oh where, can I change the behavior of the GID setting for HAL? Chuck To unsubscribe send to ncolug-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field.