partition unmounted when user log out

[Thomas Beckett]

> I have a FAT32 partition which I mount during bootup process. The
> following is what I have in /etc/fstab
> 
> /dev/hda6   /win/data1  vfat  auto,users,uid=flubie,gid=flubie  0  0
> 
> Now when I logout and then re-login, that hda6 partition is unmounted,
> so I have to re-mount it from  Computer>Disks and then choose data1
> icon.  Is anybody else here experiencing the same problem ?
> 

sorry about the vague reply - Im not at my linux box today so cant
check my settings. It is something to do with mounting and explicitly
refering to the user ie. uid=flubie,gid=flubie
I cant remember exactly how I got this working (or even if i did) but
the umask option cprings to mind, man mount and see what umask is all
about. Off teh top of my head I think you need to use
umask=002 (or is it 0002). Sorry I cant be more specific, but might
give you somewhere to look (alternatively it could be completely wrong
and waste an hour of your time!)

Tom