/windows permissions

[Sean Miller]

Simon Burke wrote:

>I think the issue is that the OP's windows partition is NTFS, where
>writing is still a flaky. (Your example seems to be for a FAT
>filesystem)
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No, mine is FAT... which is why I was quite surprised it was read-only, 
for I know the issues with NTFS.

>Therfore its not advisable to allow other users to write. If im not
>mistaken also to allow the icons to show you just need to set the
>executable bit, rather than write.
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Well, you can't set any bits with the /windows partition on ro... they 
just get ignored.

Will try David's suggestion and get back...

Sean