no write permission in fat32 system in ubuntu


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  1. #1
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    Unhappy no write permission in fat32 system in ubuntu

    the following is the entry in fstab:
    /dev/hda5 /windows vfat defaults,rw,umask=000,uid=rahul 0 0

    permission set are:
    drwxrwxrwx 25 rahul root 65536 1970-01-01 05:30 windows
    however, when i try:

    rahul@ubuntu:/windows$ mkdir test
    mkdir: cannot create directory `test': Read-only file system


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    try this:
    /dev/hda5 /windows vfat auto,rw,umask=000 0 0

    then
    umount /windows
    mount /windows
    touch /windows/test
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    Also add users and nosuid to the options in the fstab line for that partition..
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