Having problems using the mount command

[Nils Kassube]

Bob wrote:
> I am trying to mount /dev/sda5 to a mount point in my home directory.
> I can get it mounted but it is read-only.  The command
>
> robert at MARS:~$ sudo mount --read-write /dev/sda5
> /home/robert/FAT32SHARE
>
> mounts it but read-only.
>
> Putting the following in fstab has the same problem
>
> LABEL=FAT32SHARE       /home/robert/FAT32SHARE vfat    defaults
> 0 2
>
> from what I read 'defaults' should set read-write.
>
> Currently I have to use "files" then click "other Locations" then
> click "FAT32SHARE" and it gets mounted at /media/robert/FAT32SHARE
> read-write.

For a vfat partition you can specify the owner with the mount command.
Try

sudo mount -ouid=$UID /dev/sda5 /home/robert/FAT32SHARE


Nils