Message-ID: <38F0AD63.CD59D101@home.com> From: macgreg@home.com Reply-To: macgreg@home.com Newsgroups: alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions Subject: Re: Installed 2nd HD: Can't get user access References: <38E38A89.9E79C4CD@yahoo.com> <38E3CC7C.C355096D@owc.net> boundary="------------498D8B7DE345FEF1D546EA1F" Lines: 92 Date: Sun, 09 Apr 2000 16:19:26 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.10.196.164 X-Complaints-To: abuse@home.net X-Trace: news1.rdc1.ne.home.com 955297166 24.10.196.164 (Sun, 09 Apr 2000 09:19:26 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 09 Apr 2000 09:19:26 PDT Organization: @Home Network Xref: newsread1.funet.fi alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions:6895 --------------498D8B7DE345FEF1D546EA1F Content-Type: text/plain; charset=x-user-defined Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Wally Brock wrote: > try adding the user option to the fstab entry > > Good Luck, > > Wally > > Ghia wrote: > > > > Hello All, > > > > I recently installed a 800Mb second HD to my ManDrake 7.02 box. Root > > has access to this drive but not any other users. > > > > I, as root, tried: > > chmod 777 /mnt/DOS > > chmod a+ /mnt/DOS > > chown -R user:group /mnt/DOS > > > > but none of these commands worked to allow the user to access this > > drive. > > > > What am I missing? This is so fundamental, but I just can't get at the > > problem. > > > > Any suggestion? TIA. > > > > Ghia.... im on redhat. and i did a chmod 7777 /dev/hdx worked for me.. i eventually added and entry to fstab with the user option -- DO NOT meddle in the affairs of the sysadmins, for they are subtle and QUICK to anger. Be nice to me or I'll replace you with a very small shell script. --Andy --------------498D8B7DE345FEF1D546EA1F Content-Type: text/html; charset=x-user-defined Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Wally Brock wrote:
try adding the user option to the fstab entryim on redhat. and i did a chmod 7777 /dev/hdx worked for me..Good Luck,
Wally
Ghia wrote:
>
> Hello All,
>
> I recently installed a 800Mb second HD to my ManDrake 7.02 box. Root
> has access to this drive but not any other users.
>
> I, as root, tried:
> chmod 777 /mnt/DOS
> chmod a+ /mnt/DOS
> chown -R user:group /mnt/DOS
>
> but none of these commands worked to allow the user to access this
> drive.
>
> What am I missing? This is so fundamental, but I just can't get at the
> problem.
>
> Any suggestion? TIA.
>
> Ghia....
-- DO NOT meddle in the affairs of the sysadmins, for they are subtle and QUICK to anger. Be nice to me or I'll replace you with a very small shell script. --Andy--------------498D8B7DE345FEF1D546EA1F--