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creating symbolic link: operation not permitted

Asked by Atul

Hi,

On my ubuntu laptop, there is a FAT partition that is owned by root that has a directory named 'work'

>>drwxrwx--- 4 root plugdev 8192 2009-09-13 20:11 work

I am trying to create symlinks to file under this, however get errors:

>>ln -s /xfer/work/dirname/file.c file.c
>>ln: creating symbolic link `file.c': Operation not permitted

I tried to do a 'sudo chown -hR myself work' but got error as:

>>chown: changing ownership of `work': Operation not permitted

I searched launchpad->ubuntu->answers and found this problem similar:

https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/keep/+question/14727

however, the corresponding entry in fstab already has the right umask:

# /xfer was on /dev/sda5 during installation
UUID=0D44-F409 /xfer vfat defaults,umask=007,gid=46 0 1

How do I get the ability to create symbolic links ?

-- Atul

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arochester (arochester) said : 		#1

Googled: ubuntu how to create a symbolic link

You need sudo (root) permissions. Open a Terminal and input the command: gksudo nautilus

Have a look at "ubuntu how to create a symbolic link" on http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=255573

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Best arochester (arochester) said : 		#2

Reading the link in my last post suggests that FAT does not support symbolic links...

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Atul (tukamhane) said : 		#3

Thanks arochester, that solved my question.

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kaveri (kaveris-career) said : 		#4

hello i m installing some ns2 sw in ubuntu but it is giving me an error like operation not permitted

plz mail me which command will help me out
not getting permission to use sudo

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