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Date:      Thu, 10 Dec 1998 12:27:59 -0600 (CST)
From:      kf7nn1@cybertrails.com
To:        Steve Friedrich <SteveFriedrich@Hot-Shot.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: Can't mount CD or floppies as non-super user
Message-ID:  <XFMail.981210122759.kf7nn1@cybertrails.com>
In-Reply-To: <199812101913.OAA19549@laker.net>

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you may want to check the permissions on the
device itself.

mine are...


brw-r-----   1 root    operator    2,   0 Jul  8 09:26 fd0
brw-r-----   1 root    operator    2,   4 Jul  8 09:26 fd0.1200
brw-r-----   1 root    operator    2,   3 Jul  8 09:26 fd0.1440
brw-r-----   1 root    operator    2,   2 Jul  8 09:26 fd0.1480
brw-r-----   1 root    operator    2,   1 Jul  8 09:26 fd0.1720
brw-r-----   1 root    operator    2,   8 Jul  8 09:26 fd0.360
brw-r-----   1 root    operator    2,   7 Jul  8 09:26 fd0.720
brw-r-----   1 root    operator    2,   6 Jul  8 09:26 fd0.800
brw-r-----   1 root    operator    2,   5 Jul  8 09:26 fd0.820
brw-r-----   8 root    operator    2,   0 Mar 24  1998 fd0a
brw-r-----   8 root    operator    2,   0 Mar 24  1998 fd0b
brw-r-----   8 root    operator    2,   0 Mar 24  1998 fd0c
brw-r-----   8 root    operator    2,   0 Mar 24  1998 fd0d
brw-r-----   8 root    operator    2,   0 Mar 24  1998 fd0e
brw-r-----   8 root    operator    2,   0 Mar 24  1998 fd0f
brw-r-----   8 root    operator    2,   0 Mar 24  1998 fd0g

/dev/fd0
On 10-Dec-98 Steve Friedrich wrote:
> I need to be able to mount floppies and CDs from a general user account
> (non-root).  I found a mail in the archives stating that mount_msdos
> was setuid, because it was likely to be used by non-admins, but my
> -stable mount_msdos isn't setuid.  As a test I setuid on it and
> mount_cd9660, and mount as well.  The mount points all exist; /A, /B,
> /cd0 and I can easily mount them as root. I have entries for them in
> /etc/fstab, so I can shorten the command to:
> mount /A
> or
> mount /B
> or
> mount /cd0
> 
> All it says is:
> msdos:  /dev/fd0:  Operation not permitted
> 
> Any ideas ??
> 
> 
> /----------------------------------Signature----------------------------------
> /
> Steve Friedrich
> 
> Unix systems measure "uptime" in years, Winblows measures it in minutes.
> 
> 
> 
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