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Date:      Sun, 9 Nov 1997 19:00:21 -0600 (CST)
From:      "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com>
To:        Rich Winkel <rich@pencil.math.missouri.edu>
Cc:        rich@chumbly.math.missouri.edu, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Permissions problem mounting floppy
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.971109185939.5065L-100000@shell.futuresouth.com>
In-Reply-To: <9711100056.AA05531@pencil.math.missouri.edu.math.missouri.edu>

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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.

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