hi ya ponce...
you might need to set the mask??
( as per prior autofs emails )
/etc/auto.floppy
floppy -fstype=...vfat,umask=000 :/dev/fd0
thanx
alvin
http://www.linux-consulting.com/Amd_AutoFS/autofs_Email_Archive
On Wed, 29 Mar 2000, M. A. Ponce Ruiz wrote:
> I have installed Linux Red-Had 6.1 with daemon autofs v3.1.3-9 for
> automount floppy drives.
> /dev/fd0 is my floppy drive.
> I have created to following files:
> "/etc/auto.master" file look like
> /mnt/floppy /etc/auto.floppy --timeout 1
>
> "/etc/auto.floppy" file look like
> floppy -fstype=msdos,defaults,user,suid :/dev/fd0
>
> I have created the links to the floppy drive on /home/oper
> ln -s /mnt/floppy/floppy a:
> ln -s /mnt/floppy/floppy floppy
> Both link with are users oper
>
> Lets restart autofs
> /etc/rc.d/init.d/autofs restart
>
> I have added the users oper to the floppy group
>
> If you are root, you can read and write on the floppy but if you are the
> user oper you only read to floppy. When you write on the floppy give the
> error: "Permittion denied".
>
> Why did a normal users cannot write on the floppy?
>
