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        "Tommy Hallgren" <md6tommy@mdstud.chalmers.se>
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 97 18:09:08 -0800
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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)

Hope this helps,

Doug

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