MacBook Pro :: Usb Drive With Fat32 File System Not Preserving File Permissions

Mar 15, 2012

When ever I copy some files or create a file in my external USB drive which is a FAT32 one. file permissions are not preserved. All files/folders has 777 are permission. Is this how it work in mac or am I missing something?

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MacBookPro5,3, Mac OS X (10.6.5)

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