From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Nov 9 17:00:32 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id RAA19571 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 9 Nov 1997 17:00:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from shell.futuresouth.com (shell.futuresouth.com [207.141.254.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id RAA19566 for ; Sun, 9 Nov 1997 17:00:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from fullermd@futuresouth.com) Received: from shell.futuresouth.com (mail.futuresouth.com [207.141.254.21]) by shell.futuresouth.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id TAA06508; Sun, 9 Nov 1997 19:00:21 -0600 (CST) Date: Sun, 9 Nov 1997 19:00:21 -0600 (CST) From: "Matthew D. Fuller" To: Rich Winkel cc: rich@chumbly.math.missouri.edu, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Permissions problem mounting floppy In-Reply-To: <9711100056.AA05531@pencil.math.missouri.edu.math.missouri.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, 9 Nov 1997, Rich Winkel wrote: > According to Matthew D. Fuller: > > On Sun, 9 Nov 1997, Rich Winkel wrote: > > > I should also mention that mount_msdos is setuid to root. > > > > > Ah ha. > > I think you need to specify the minor number. > > If it's a 3.5" drive, try this: > > mount_msdos /dev/fd0.1440 /fd > > Thanks for the reply. But it doesn't work :-< > I can mount it with exactly the above command as root. Try: # cd /sbin # chmod 4755 mount_msdos See if that helps. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* | FreeBSD; the way computers were meant to be | * "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is * | that I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet."| * fullermd@futuresouth.com :-} MAtthew Fuller * | http://keystone.westminster.edu/~fullermd | *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*