Problem solved. I just changed the umask=002 in the /etc/auto.misc file to umask=000. I think that should be OK for a desktop machine in someone's home. Now I can read and write to floppy and read the CD from Kword without a mount command.
----- Original Message ----- From: "David Imai" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: LUAU <luau@lists.hosef.org> Subject: [LUAU] Automatic mounting of floppy and CDROM Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 19:08:44 -1000 > > I had given up on autofs, but since you said it should work I took another > look and was able to get it working. The problem was in /etc/default/autofs. > It contains a line that says AUTOFS_ENABLED=false. When I changed it to > AUTOFS_ENABLED=true it worked. I don't know why it was set up like this. When > you install something, shouldn't it be enabled by default? and if not, there > should be clear instructions as to how to enable it. > > This is the auto.misc file: > kernel -ro > ftp.kernel.org:/pub/linux > boot -fstype=ext2 :/dev/hda1 > removable -fstype=ext2,sync,nodev,nosuid :/dev/hdd > cd -fstype=iso9660,ro,sync,nodev,nosuid :/dev/hdc > floppy -fstype=auto,sync,nodev,nosuid,umask=002 > :/dev/fd0 > > I'm trying to create symbolic links to /var/autofs/misc/floppy and > /var/autofs/misc/cdrom. There are different files for the floppy drive, > /floppy, /dev/floppy, /dev/fd0, /dev/fd. Where can I find more information > about all these special files, and how KDE programs like Kword access the > floppy and CD-ROM? Thanks for your help. > -- ___________________________________________________________ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm
