Re: A possibly foolish technical question...

[mike list <troll@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Robert, there a couple of ways to go about this, depending on your 
relationship with the sysad. he could apply the proper perms to /dev/fd0
and set up group access. An easier, more insecure way is for the root to 
add a line enabling all users to mount the floppy disk to the /etc/fstab
the modified part will look like  "  users noauto 1  1" or very similar. 
The exact line can be found in the LinuxGazette- do a search for mounting 
floppies.
I'm in WFWG3.11 at the moment, so I can't retrieve it (the line)

-Mike List


Robert G. Brown wrote:
> 
> To all those folks who REALLY know how to use Linux -
> 
> Since I've long claimed that there's no such thing as a foolish question, I
> thought I'd kill two birds with one stone by asking:
> 
> Turns out that when I want to mount floppies (and maybe other things), I've
> got to become root to do it. Now, this is not a terrible thing, but I really
> have a problem with being able to access tuff on a filesystem so mounted. I
> colleague tells me this condition also applied to zip drives, etc.
> 
> I do not like this. I don't. Honest.  Having convinced the system administra-
> tor to insert a floppy and mount it, I want to run apps, copy to and from,
> and otherwise enjoy all the benefits of device use.  As a system administrator,
> I want to keep my users happy, and I don't want to grant them (or their apps)
> any more priveledges than are needed. I also hate listening to these people
> complain just because they can't get to some stinky little floppy.
> 
> OK, I've spoken my peace, switching hats where needed to make all my points....
> 
>                                                    Thanks and Regards,
>                                                      ---> RGB <---