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[Vladik Kozin]

> Hi! What if I'd like ordinary users to be able to mount /dev/fd0, for
> instance, onto a common dir located in /mnt (/mnt/floppy)?
> I made mkdir -m 755 /mnt/floppy as root. When I try to mount fd0 onto this
> dir as an ordinary user I get "msdos: /dev/fd0: Operation not permitted"
> while when doing the same onto a dir that this user owns everything goes
> fine. _______________________________________________

Of course I checked the FAQ & did everything as said there. Specifically:
#su
# sysctl -w vfs.usermount=1
# chmod 666 /dev/fd0
#mkdir -m 755 /mnt/floppy
bash$ mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy