Re: /etc/fstab.REVOKE floppy

From: tony (tony_at_Cyclops.darkplace.net)
Date: 11/07/03 

Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2003 21:29:18 GMT

On 2003-10-24, dk <dk_gip@at_yahoo_dot.com> wrote:
>
> /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,owner 0 0
>
> leaving out kudzu from the line above. I can't mount the floppy.
>

Try noauto,users

 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,users 0 0

$ls -l /dev/fd0
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 0 May 14 1996 /dev/fd0

Root is the owner. "user" will allow regular users to mount the
device. 

-- 
tony

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