On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 8:52 AM, Dale Snell <ddsn...@frontier.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 28 Aug 2015 08:20:47 -0700, in message > caarut0gzxdj5xqdnlkjax8e+vxpbbztrbvxxrvpwxpd4vnl...@mail.gmail.com, > Denis Heidtmann wrote: > > > I needed to use the floppy disk on my ubuntu 14.04 system (why is a > > separate story). I found that the default setup had the floppy owned > > by root. Even when I made myself a member of the group floppy, I did > > not have write access. It appeared as if the drive was not a member > > of the group floppy. > > > > On searching for a solution I came across a change to /etc/fstab which > > solved the problem. My question is, I would like to understand what > > these changes do and what the entries mean, and make sure that the > > changes do not have any flaws. Could the dropping of the utf8 option > > produce a problem? > > > > Original entry (as provided by the installation): > > /dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0 > > > > New entry: > > /dev/fd0 /media/floppy auto > rw,user,noauto,exec,gid=floppy,umask=007 0 0 > > You ensured that the floppy was a member of group floppy. Since > you're a member of that group, you now have access. The utf8 > option does different things, depending on the type of > filesystem. You'll have to read the mount(8) man page to > determine what's happening in your particular case. If you're > formatting your floppy as vfat, then I'd keep the utf8 option. > BTW, you might want to specify "uid=<your_user_ID>". That should > make sure that you own the device, not root. > > Hope this helps. > > --Dale Thanks. It does help. It was a struggle, but I managed to gain some understanding by reading, rereading, and rereading again the mount man page. I find now that there are three folders under media: floppy, floppy0, and household. floppy is a link to floppy0, but why is household now there? (household is the current user name). And the original mount point was /media/floppy0, the new one is /media/floppy. Does this matter? -Denis _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug