Making windows partition available

[chariq]

Quick Linux question:

I am able to mount my windows partition as root with the command

mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /win

But if I try to do so with my user account, it says users are not allowed to mount. How can I make this allowable?

[jad1097]

What you are able to do with your user account is limited. Only the root has access to cetain commands. Well something like that.

I would check but I can't seem to fit Linux on my current drive. I only have just enough room for win98 and BEOS on a six-hundred MB drive. Just a bit of humer. Hey we need a spell checker here!

[This message has been edited by jad1097 (edited 01-20-2000).]

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[happyhamster]

Unfortunately I don't have my linux partition so I can't tell exactly, but IIRC it has to do with fstab file. As root you have to edit entry for the desired partition in /etc/fstab to allow regular user to mount it. Try "man fstab" for more info. BTW, it's potential security hole to allow users to mount partitions, but I think it's no big deal in desktop system. Hope this helps.