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Re: [LUG] Mounting issues...

 

On Thu, 1 May 2008 00:00:49 +0100
Steve Marvell wrote:

> Grant Sewell wrote:
> 
> > Changing the fmask and dmask values to any of those results in a
> > directory with a permission set of 000.  Most frustrating. 
> 
> > Where am I going wrong?
> 
> Masking the wrong way round.
> 
> One's normal umask is 022 which removes two sets of write permissions.
> 
> 077 would remove two of all permisions.
> 
> 777 would remove all of all permissions.
> 
> Steve

Aaah!  Thanks Steve.  It works now!  Can I ask where you discovered this
gem?

Cheers.
Grant.

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