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chmod operation not permitted

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Name: rkblack
Date: April 6, 2006 at 18:32:22 Pacific
Subject: chmod operation not permitted
OS: debian sarge
CPU/Ram: 900mhz/768 mb
Model/Manufacturer: amd duron

Comment:

I am trying to do a chmod on /mnt/hdc1. the owner and
group are both root, and the permission set is rwxr--r--. i
am trying to change it to rwxrwxrwx as well as change the
UID and GID of it from root to my personal account. I "su
root" before doing it so i am authenticated, but it still gives
me this error message: "chown: changing ownership of `/
mnt/hdc1': Operation not permitted" Any ideas?? Thanks.

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Response Number 1

Name: lchi2000g
Date: April 11, 2006 at 13:26:46 Pacific

Reply: (edit)

see:
...Vfat partitions don't support permissions...
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions//showthread.php?t=431058
Luke Chi

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Response Number 2

Name: lchi2000g
Date: April 11, 2006 at 13:45:20 Pacific

Reply: (edit)

More info:
http://source.winehq.org/source/documentation/linux-fat-permissions?v=wine20000130
Luke Chi

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