Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 18:32:58 -0600 From: David Kelly <dkelly@grumpy.dyndns.org> To: Chip <chip@wiegand.org> Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: chmod, chown don't work on /floppy Message-ID: <200101270032.f0R0WwG22716@grumpy.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: Message from Chip <chip@wiegand.org> of "Thu, 25 Jan 2001 22:41:07 PST." <3A711C03.ABDB3DE3@wiegand.org>
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Chip writes: > 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. /usr/ports/emulators/mtools/ lets you painlessly deal with MS-DOS floppies. Without being root. Without having to mount the floppy. Put yourself in the "operator" group. And "chmod g+w /dev/fd0.1440" If multiple users are involved then create a "floppy" group and chgroup the device. Then mdir, mcopy, mcd, mformat... The strangest thing is getting used to refering to the floppy as "a:\", its un-natural. What mtools will not let you do is write to the floppy from a process, such as vi. Or at least "its not easy". -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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