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Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 17:10:21 +1100 (EST)
From: Iain Templeton <iaint@CU-SeeMe.educ.utas.edu.au>
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cc: Studded <Studded@dal.net>, Rich Winkel <rich@chumbly.math.missouri.edu>
Subject: Re: Can anyone mount floppies as non-root?
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On Sun, 16 Nov 1997, Studded wrote:

> >I'm still having problems doing this, although all the /dev and msdos_mount
> >permissions seem ok.  Can anyone mount floppies as a regular user?
> 
> 	How about the permissions on /sbin/mount and /sbin/umount?  This
> sounds like a job for sudo, unless it's just you on the box, in which case
> you should be able to change ownership of those... just make sure you can
> still boot your box. :)
> 
What about the permissions on the device files for the floppy disk. I
can mount floppies as a non-root user at home, but I think I'm in both
wheel and operator groups.

Iain.
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