Hello, Conrado Badenas: > I have just compiled a kernel for parport ZIP drive support, and now I > would want to get an automatic way to mount and umount the drive. I have > created the next script (/usr/local/bin/mtzip): > > /sbin/modprobe ppa.o > /bin/mount /mnt/zip
Shell scripts can't be setuid. Use the sudo package instead. > and added the next line in /etc/fstab: > > /dev/sda4 /mnt/zip msdos rw,user,noauto,umask=007,gid=25 0 2 So it's only modprobe that needs to be run as root. One possibility would be to run the modprobe on bootup (if that would do what you need). Yes, there is a good reason why shell scripts can't be suid. Ask me if interested. Jiri -- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> We'll know the future has arrived when every mailer transparently quotes lines that begin with "From ", but no-one remembers why.
