From owner-freebsd-questions Thu May 6 13:54: 6 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from finch-post-11.mail.demon.net (finch-post-11.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.39]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B5F015A1E for ; Thu, 6 May 1999 13:53:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marko@uk.radan.com) Received: from [158.152.75.22] (helo=uk.radan.com) by finch-post-11.mail.demon.net with smtp (Exim 2.12 #1) id 10fV9Y-000KVs-0B; Thu, 6 May 1999 20:53:57 +0000 Organisation: Radan Computational Ltd., Bath, UK. Phone: +44-1225-320320 Fax: +44-1225-320311 Received: from marder-1. (rasnt-1 [193.114.228.211]) by uk.radan.com (8.6.10/8.6.10) with ESMTP id VAA01144; Thu, 6 May 1999 21:53:19 +0100 Received: (from marko@localhost) by marder-1. (8.9.2/8.8.8) id VAA00846; Thu, 6 May 1999 21:53:10 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from marko) Date: Thu, 6 May 1999 21:53:10 +0100 From: Mark Ovens To: Kevin Weiss Cc: David Abdemoulaie , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Trouble writing to a mounted DOS floppy (as a user) Message-ID: <19990506215309.C255@marder-1> References: <199905051734.NAA24212@sable.cc.vt.edu> <3730E2BE.46515E4B@vt.edu> <19990506194828.AB9661503E@hub.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.3i In-Reply-To: <19990506194828.AB9661503E@hub.freebsd.org>; from Kevin Weiss on Thu, May 06, 1999 at 02:48:10PM -0500 Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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. > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~markov _______________________________________________________________ Mark Ovens, CNC Apps Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. Bath UK CAD/CAM solutions for Sheetmetal Working Industry mailto:marko@uk.radan.com http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message