Date: Thu, 6 May 1999 21:53:10 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com> To: Kevin Weiss <kevin.weiss@mail.utexas.edu> Cc: David Abdemoulaie <DAcash18@vt.edu>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Trouble writing to a mounted DOS floppy (as a user) Message-ID: <19990506215309.C255@marder-1> In-Reply-To: <19990506194828.AB9661503E@hub.freebsd.org>; from Kevin Weiss on Thu, May 06, 1999 at 02:48:10PM -0500 References: <199905051734.NAA24212@sable.cc.vt.edu> <3730E2BE.46515E4B@vt.edu> <19990506194828.AB9661503E@hub.freebsd.org>
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On Thu, May 06, 1999 at 02:48:10PM -0500, Kevin Weiss wrote:
>
> >> Mine is
> >> /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy msdos rw,auto 0 0
> >>
> >> I might have forgotten something, but I'm not at home looking at my fstab. Anyway, after that,
> >> I can just type "mount /mnt/floppy" and "umount /mnt/floppy".
> >>
> >> Make sure you make the "floppy" directory in the /mnt dir, and make sure to su the root
> >> to mount the device, or else you'll get "permission denied"
> >
> >
> >Ok, I added that to my fstab, but I can now only write to my floppy from
> >root. How can I get it so that I can use it on my personal account?
> >Thanks
> >
>
>
> NOTE: the above fstab should be:
> /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy msdos rw,NOAUTO 0 0 sorry 'bout that
>
> Anyway, that's the one I'm still trying to figure out. Supposedly you can add "user" to your
> fstab entry (right by "noauto").
>
> I even changed permissons on /dev/fd0 to 666. Nope, I still had to be root.
>
> If you do find out, or if anyone else out there knows, then
> please e-mail me also at
I just tried it and found I has to make the mountpoint (/mnt/floppy)
executable as well as read/write to get rid of "permission denied"
errors.
HTH
> kevin.weiss@mail.utexas.edu.
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