From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 17 18:58:19 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id SAA10181 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 17 Dec 1997 18:58:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (gregl1.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.136.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id SAA10152 for ; Wed, 17 Dec 1997 18:57:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id NAA28152; Thu, 18 Dec 1997 13:27:17 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19971218132717.32710@lemis.com> Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 13:27:17 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Studded Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" , Tommy Hallgren Subject: Re: Ord. user using mount References: <199712180212.SAA16286@mail.san.rr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84e In-Reply-To: <199712180212.SAA16286@mail.san.rr.com>; from Studded on Wed, Dec 17, 1997 at 06:09:08PM -0800 Organisation: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, Dec 17, 1997 at 06:09:08PM -0800, Studded wrote: > On Wed, 17 Dec 1997 09:54:57 +0100 (MET), Tommy Hallgren wrote: > >> I'm trying to make it possible for normal users(like my gf :-))) to >> mount/umount dos and ufs diskettes. >> >> I created a new group called floppy and added her to that. Then I changed >> the group of /dev/*fd0* to be floppy and made chmod g+rw *fd0*. >> >> But, when I try to mount I get: >> 09:45:09 /$ mount_msdos /dev/fd0 /floppy >> mount_msdos: /dev/fd0: Permission denied >> >> What am I missing? > > Permissions on the mount point? (/floppy) Permissions on the mounter? You have to be root to mount. /$ implies a non-root user. Greg