On Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 02:02:16PM -0500, Shawn Lamson wrote: > On Mon, 16 Dec 2002 13:46:01 -0500 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Vikki Roemer) wrote: > > > Hi! > > Lately (for the last few weeks) I've been unable to mount the floppy > > drive or su using one of my accounts. Mostly it's just annoying > > because the account that's having problems is the one I use for > > programming and for playing with possibly dangerous stuff-- my default > > account is fine. But, when I do need to get at the floppy when I'm > > programming, I have to log in as root on another terminal and transfer > > files between the floppy and the home dir that way, and then go back > > over to the terminal where I'm logged in to program; needless to say, > > this is a Bad Thing. > > > > But I've looked through everything I can find and I can't find any > > explanation for it. Both accounts are members of the 'floppy' group, > > so according to what I've read there's no reason why I should be > > refused access to the floppy drive. The error message I get when I > > try to mount a floppy is: > > mount: Must be superuser to mount. > > Is /floppy set to "defaults" in /etc/fstab ? If so you may need to add a comma and >"user" to allow regular users to mount it. > ie. /dev/fd0 /floppy auto defaults,user,noauto 0 0
Nope, that's not the problem-- the floppy entry in /etc/fstab is: /dev/fd0 /floppy auto defaults,user,noauto 0 \ 0 It was 'users' instead of 'user', but I tried changing it; that didn't work. > > > > As for not being allowed to su to root, that's odd, too. What > > happens is, I'll type in su, it'll prompt me for a password, I'll type > > it in (correctly), and then it'll tell me "su: Authentication failure > > Sorry." I can't figure out what the problem is there, either. > > I had a problem like that a long time ago; the issue was an > improperly upgraded package; sorry I can't remember more. Do you have > any pending/not upgraded packages? None that have been hanging around this long; but I've had a few come and go. But I think I've had this problem with su once before-- as you said, a long time ago. But for me, I just left it alone for a couple days and it mysteriously disappeared. That's why I waited so long to ask about it-- I wanted to see if it would fix itself. But that's also why it's so frustrating to me-- I've had the problem before and gotten rid of it, but I don't know how. :( *sigh* I'm kinda wondering if, since I'm running testing, this is due to some sort of glibc/gcc bug or something. *shrug* I don't know, I'm just throwing out ideas to see what sort of response I get. -- Vikki Roemer Registered Linux user #2880021 http://counter.li.org/ "Quod scripsi, scripsi." [Latin, "What I have written, I have written."] Homepage: http://compgrokker.tripod.com/ -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GAT d-(?) s: a--- C++++(++) UL++++ P+>++++ L+++>++++ E>++ W++ N+ o? K- w--() O? M? V?(-) PS+(+++) PE++(+++) Y+ PGP++ t+@ 5 X-() R*(?) tv-- b+++(++) DI+ D--(?) G e-(*)>+++++ h! r-- x? ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
