can't switch to mounted directory as normal user

can't switch to mounted directory as normal user

[Gregory Nowak]

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Hi all.

I have the following line in my /etc/fstab:

/dev/sda1       /storage/backup        vfat        rw,noauto,user   0
0

Before mounting /storage/backup, I can cd into it just fine as a
normal user. However, after /storage/backup is mounted, and I try to
cd into it, I get:

"-bash: cd: /storage/backup: Permission denied"

I've read the fstab(5) man page, and checked everything I could think
of, but still can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. The permissions
on /storage/backup are:

drwxrwx---    2 partimag storage      4096 Dec  6 10:59
/storage/backup/

which is fine. However, after /storage/backup gets mounted, the
permissions get changed to:

drwxr--r--    2 root     root        16384 Dec 31  1969
/storage/backup/

Obviously, the permission change is what is preventing me from
switching into that directory, but I can't figure out why they're
being changed in the first place.

If someone could please enlighten me as to what the problem is, I
would appreciate it.

Greg


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Re: can't switch to mounted directory as normal user

[Toby Fisher]

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From: "Gregory Nowak" <greg@romuald.net.eu.org>
To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 7:46 PM
Subject: can't switch to mounted directory as normal user


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> Hi all.
>
> I have the following line in my /etc/fstab:
>
> /dev/sda1       /storage/backup        vfat        rw,noauto,user   0
> 0

You need to change the 2 numbers at the end of the line, can't remember 
exactly to what, it might be 1 1 or 1 2, can't remember exactly, the other 
option is to look at the umask man page.

Hth

Toby