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    mount floppy user agida

    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

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    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

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    got it!!

    thanks for the help

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