mount 2nd hard drive fat32 with user read/write permission

[rapaneli]

well i have a 2nd hard drive and i want all users (if it can't happen then only root) to have read write permisions,
my /etc/fstab is
/dev/hdb1 /mnt/windows vfat ro,umask=0222 0 0

[MakeMyDay]

/dev/hdb1 /mnt/windows vfat defaults 0 0

[steve1961]

Or:

/dev/hdb1 /mnt/windows vfat rw,users,umask=000 0 0

[npm1]

hi, i've got a simmilar problem with fat32 drive------
i want everyone to have the right to do anything on that drive----
i do not want to loose data on that drive------
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the question is what does the

[npm1]

Originally Posted by steve1961

Or:

/dev/hdb1 /mnt/windows vfat rw,users,umask=000 0 0

above mean
doas it mean that i''l have full permissions on my fat32 hard drive

[npm1]

with out loosing any data

[giulix]

It means mount the partition /dev/hdb1 on the /mnt/windows mountpoint with type vfat. Mount it Read/Write (rw or just w), allow all users to mount/unmount it (users), give users all permissions (umask=000 -> take away permissions 000, that is take away nothing), do not dump the filesystem (zero before the last zero) and do not check it (last zero).
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man fstab
man mount

As for losing any data, I'm not sure what you mean. You can't rely on the OS to police your users after you've allowed them complete control on a filesystem which is not even native to that OS