# /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hda2 / ext2 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1 /dev/hda5 none swap sw 0 0 /dev/hda4 /home/andrew/archive/uploaded ext2 defaults,uid=1000,gid=1000,umask=002 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1 vfat defaults,uid=1000,gid=1000,umask=002 0 0 My fstab drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 1024 Nov 2 17:24 uploaded is the directory mount point without the above options(uid,gid,umask) there.