Date: Sat, 8 Nov 1997 12:35:59 -0600 (CST) From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com> To: Rich Winkel <rich@chumbly.math.missouri.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Permissions problem mounting floppy Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971108123333.14809A-100000@shell.futuresouth.com> In-Reply-To: <199711081636.KAA27432@chumbly.math.missouri.edu>
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On Sat, 8 Nov 1997, Rich Winkel wrote:
> I'm running 2.2.5-STABLE.
> I can only mount floppies as root. As a regular user, I get:
> katy> mount_msdos /dev/fd0 /fd
> mount_msdos: /dev/fd0: Permission denied
<snip>
Umm... AFAIK, that's correct. You SHOULD only be able to mount floppies
as root. Here's a look at my /dev:
{~} mortis:{107} %ll /dev/ | grep fd0
brw-r----- 9 root operator 2, 0 Dec 31 03:19 fd0
brw-r----- 1 root operator 2, 4 Dec 31 03:19 fd0.1200
brw-r----- 1 root operator 2, 3 Dec 31 03:19 fd0.1440
brw-r----- 1 root operator 2, 2 Dec 31 03:19 fd0.1480
brw-r----- 1 root operator 2, 1 Dec 31 03:19 fd0.1720
Device files should NEVER be write for world.
If you really need users other than root and yourself (su) to be able to
mount floppies, I'd recommend installing sudo from the ports collect, and
allowing groups of people to sudo mount .....
>
> Rich
>
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