From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jan 21 18:43: 2 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from pioneernet.net (pop3.pioneernet.net [208.240.196.25]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F6C837B400 for ; Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:42:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from wiegand.org [208.194.173.26] by pioneernet.net with ESMTP (SMTPD32-6.05) id AEA2677600E0; Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:44:50 -0800 Message-ID: <3A6B9EC3.7E0A262D@wiegand.org> Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:45:23 -0800 From: Chip X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 4.2-RELEASE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Dru Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: Re: files with an asterisk are not editable - why? References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Thanks for reminding me about the mtools. I've used them before, a bit. There are soooo many command line tools available, no way to remember all of 'em all the time (especially with my crappy memory). :) Thanks again, Chip Wiegand Dru wrote: > > On Sun, 21 Jan 2001, Chip wrote: > > Since I was not able to work on them > > as a user, I chmod 777 the files so I could work on them. > > That may be where the executable flag comes from? I was > > not able to work on the floppy as a user, only as root. > > I've had this problem before when copying files back and forth to > floppies; I find it strange that they weren't owned by root. > > However, if I use mtools or mfm, I don't have these problems as I can > transfer files back and forth between my home directory and a floppy > without having to become root to mount the floppy first. You can find a > tutorial on using these tools at: > > http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/12/13/FreeBSD_Basics.html > > Cheers, > > Dru > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Chip Wiegand Alternative Operating Systems www.wiegand.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message