Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 13:27:17 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Studded <Studded@dal.net> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, Tommy Hallgren <md6tommy@mdstud.chalmers.se> Subject: Re: Ord. user using mount Message-ID: <19971218132717.32710@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <199712180212.SAA16286@mail.san.rr.com>; from Studded on Wed, Dec 17, 1997 at 06:09:08PM -0800 References: <199712180212.SAA16286@mail.san.rr.com>
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On Wed, Dec 17, 1997 at 06:09:08PM -0800, Studded wrote: > On Wed, 17 Dec 1997 09:54:57 +0100 (MET), Tommy Hallgren wrote: > >> I'm trying to make it possible for normal users(like my gf :-))) to >> mount/umount dos and ufs diskettes. >> >> I created a new group called floppy and added her to that. Then I changed >> the group of /dev/*fd0* to be floppy and made chmod g+rw *fd0*. >> >> But, when I try to mount I get: >> 09:45:09 /$ mount_msdos /dev/fd0 /floppy >> mount_msdos: /dev/fd0: Permission denied >> >> What am I missing? > > Permissions on the mount point? (/floppy) Permissions on the mounter? You have to be root to mount. /$ implies a non-root user. Greg
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