Re: floppy - permissions? Can't write to floppy!
I ran the line, all I get is "Permission denied".
I ran "/etc/fstab" all I get (for all entries) is -
"Permission denied". I always run everything as the
"root", if this should make any difference.
Thanks, Hearthstone.
--- "Karsten M. Self" <kmself@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 01:07:59 -0700
> From: "Karsten M. Self" <kmself@ix.netcom.com>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: floppy - permissions? Can't write to
> floppy!
>
> on Fri, Sep 21, 2001 at 12:31:17AM -0700, Mr. Jan
> Hearthstone (hearthstone11@yahoo.com) wrote:
> > I have Debian potato, and suddenly I couldn't
> save
> > to floppy (this would happen now and then, but
> till
> > now I managed to fix it, somehow). I tried
> linuxconf
> > (both - WindowsX and console mode), but nothing
> > worked. After I fiddled with it for a while, I
> can't
> > even open a floppy anymore.
> > It is vital that I can save to floppy, please
> help!
>
> - How are you mounting the floppy? What commands?
> As what user?
> - What are the permissions on the floppy?
> - Is disk write-protected?
> - If you're mounting against your fstab, what's
> the floppy line in
> /etc/fstab?
>
> I have the following line, which allows user or
> group write access, in
> /etc/fstab. I've added my standard user to group
> 'disk' (not the best
> choice of groups, I could screw myself royally here
> by writing direct to
> disk accidentally):
>
> /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto
> noauto,gid=disk,umask=007,rw,user 2 2
>
> Peace.
>
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