[lug] cp -p to Fat32 partition

[David Anselmi]

Todd Ruskell wrote:
[...]
> When I try to cp any file to /mnt/windows as a normal user, the timestamp is not
> preserved.  When I try to 'cp -p' I get
> cp: preserving times for `/mnt/windows/anyfile': Operation not permitted
> I get the error even after making my normal user a member of the group 'root'. 
> But when I 'cp -p' as root, timestamps are preserved (ownership is not, as
> expected on a vfat partition).  

Maybe this explains it.  Sorry it doens't help though:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/archive/26/2004/01/3/135951