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Re: Can't mount floppy as USER



On Mon, 15 Dec 2003 00:53:31 +0800, Stephen Liu wrote:

> Hi folks,
> 
> I can't mount floppy as USER only as ROOT
> 
> /etc/fstab
>  /etc/fstab: static file system information.
> #
> # <file system>	<mount point>	<type>		<options>			<dump>	<pass>
> /dev/hdc2	/		ext2		errors=remount-ro		0	1
> /dev/hdc3	none		swap		sw				0	0
> proc		/proc		proc		defaults			0	0
> /dev/fd0	/floppy		auto		owner,user=satimis,noauto	0	0
> /dev/cdrom	/cdwriter	udf,iso9660	owner,user,noauto		0	0
> /dev/cdrom1     /cdrom	          udf,iso9660	owner,user,noauto      0   
> 0
> 
> (remark:  I also tried
> /dev/fd0	/floppy		auto		owner,user,noauto	0	0)
> 
> 
> /etc/mtab
> /dev/hdc2 / ext2 rw,errors=remount-ro 0 0
> proc /proc proc rw 0 0
> devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,gid=5,mode=620 0 0
> /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy vfat rw,user=satimis 0 0
> 
> Any advice.  Thanks in advance.
> 
> B.R.
> Stephen Liu

Stephen,

When you use the "owner" option, it means that only the owner of the
special file /dev/fd0 can mount it, which would normally be root.

Use these options:

defaults,user,noauto

"man mount" for more info.

-- 
....................paul

"Do the little things" ("Gwnewch y pethau bychain")

St. David (Dewi Sant) of Wales, last sermon, Sunday 27th February 589




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