Allowing non-root users rw access to floppy disks?

black hole sun · 02-12-2005, 05:46 PM

Hi, need some help with this. My fstab:

Code:

paul@blackhole:~$ cat /etc/fstab
/dev/hda3        swap             swap        defaults         0   0
/dev/hda2        /                reiserfs    defaults         1   1
/dev/hda1        /mnt/winsuck     ntfs        ro,umask=0,user  1   0
devpts           /dev/pts         devpts      gid=5,mode=620   0   0
proc             /proc            proc        defaults         0   0
/dev/cdrom       /mnt/cdrom       subfs       fs=auto,ro,users 0   0
/dev/dvd         /mnt/dvd         subfs       fs=auto,ro,users 0   0
/dev/fd0         /mnt/floppy      subfs       fs=auto,rw,users 0   0

Code:

paul@blackhole:~$ ls -l /mnt
total 8
rwxrwxrwx  1 root root    0 2005-02-12 15:28 cdrom/
drwxrwxrwx  1 root root    0 2005-02-12 15:28 dvd/
drwxrwxrwx  1 paul root    0 2005-02-12 15:28 floppy/
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   48 2002-03-15 23:34 hd/
dr-xr-xr-x  1 root root 8192 2005-02-12 13:50 winsuck/

Code:

paul@blackhole:~$ groups

users lp wheel floppy man audio video cdrom slocate

Thanks.

sigsegv · 02-12-2005, 06:05 PM

What are the permissions on both the device and the mount point?

black hole sun · 02-12-2005, 06:08 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by sigsegv
What are the permissions on both the device and the mount point?

Check edited post for mount point.

For dev entry:

Code:

paul@blackhole:~$ ls -l /dev/fd0
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root 8 2005-02-12 07:28 /dev/fd0 -> floppy/0

I dont think I can change that though as udev manages my /dev not devfs

sigsegv · 02-12-2005, 08:43 PM

/dev/fd0 is a symlink to /dev/floppy/0 -- what are the permissions on the real device?