Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 01:45:43 EST From: Michael Johnson <ahze@slaughter.necro.edu> To: Chip <chip@wiegand.org>, "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: chmod, chown don't work on /floppy Message-ID: <20010126064543.B8BC3D58D@slaughter.necro.edu>
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is the disk filesystem msdos? On Thu, 25 Jan 2001, Chip wrote: > Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 22:41:07 -0800 > To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > From: Chip <chip@wiegand.org> > Subject: chmod, chown don't work on /floppy > > I would like to be able to write to my floppy disk > without going to su. I am the only person using this > machine (at home), so I don't care about world writable > permissions. I changed the permissions on /dev/fd0a > to world-writable, but the system refuses to let me > do the same to /floppy and the directories and files > that already exist on the floppy. And yes, I am trying > this as root. > > -- > 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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