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plener
12-05-2004, 09:09 PM
i have to allow uer to mount floppy
mount point is /mnt/test


i have tried there lines to fstab to no avail get

/dev/fd0 /mnt/test msdos noauto,user,exec 0 0

or

/dev/fdo /flopp msdos user,noauto 0 0

only root can do that
when i enter mount /dev/fdo /mnt/test


any help apprciate
cthugling not helpful--i think i ented 5 different fstab lines i read on this point
something is really wrong either my concepts or my typing!

tia
peter

Markus
12-05-2004, 09:15 PM
Try changing user to users. This is what I have in fstab:
/dev/fd0 /floppy vfat defaults,users,noauto,showexec,umask=022 0 0
Your user should also be in the floppy group, check with groups and if needed: sudo adduser username floppy

plener
12-06-2004, 01:00 AM
got it!!

thanks for the help