Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 18:47:16 -0800 From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjclark@reflexnet.net> 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: <20010127184716.P10761@rfx-216-196-73-168.users.reflex> In-Reply-To: <3A711C03.ABDB3DE3@wiegand.org>; from chip@wiegand.org on Thu, Jan 25, 2001 at 10:41:07PM -0800 References: <3A711C03.ABDB3DE3@wiegand.org>
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On Thu, Jan 25, 2001 at 10:41:07PM -0800, Chip wrote: > 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. FAT systems have no permissions and no users. Change the permissions and owner of the mountpoint. See mount_msdos(8). -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@alum.mit.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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