[SLUG] OOps fstab

[john at johnallsopp.co.uk]

> On Saturday 15 Apr 2006 19:15, john at johnallsopp.co.uk wrote:
>>
>> I thought loading Knoppix allowed you to make such changes but the
>> /etc/fstab it shows you is the virtual, read-only one it concocts
>> itself.
>>
> Paul Teasdale said:
> What you need to do is mount the partition of
> your hard
> drive that contains the fstab that you have "broken". For example:
>
> mount -t ext3 /dev/hda1 /mnt/temp
>
> and then edit the file:
>
> /mnt/etc/fstab

What determines the owner of my new partitions. My first work
partition is owned by me, these new ones are owned by root, how can I
change that? fstab doesn't seem to control that.

J