-----Original Message----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> at Internet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: suse-linux-e <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> at Internet <IMCEACCMAIL-suse-linux-e+20+3Csuse-linux-e+40suse+2Ecom+3E+20at+20Internet@ mail.crc.com> Date: Thursday, December 24, 1998 3:50 PM Subject: [SuSE Linux] Re: mounting floppy and cd in kde desktop > >Hi, > >On Fri, Dec 25, 1998 at 01:19 +0800, Jayel L. Villamin wrote: > >> i created a icons for my floppy and cdrom in the kde desktop. but i >can't >> seem to access it. doing a manual mount in the terminal, i get a >message >> 'only root can mount'. by the way, i'm using my own account not root. >please >> help. > >If you want to mount stuff as a user, you have to setup >/etc/fstab. Add something like > >/dev/fd0 /floppy auto rw,noauto,user,sync 0 0 >/dev/cdrom /cdrom iso9660 ro,noauto,user 0 0 > >to it (make sure that the directories /floppy and /cdrom exist). >Then as a user you can mount with `mount /floppy' or `mount >/cdrom'. Well, I had to make the floppy line look like: >/dev/fd0 /floppy auto rw,noauto,user,exec,suid 0 0 and I added an exec to the cdrom so I could run programs off it. - To get out of this list, please send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/ and the archiv at http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html
