Alan Hicks <alan@lizella.netWORK> wrote in message news:<40a68433$1_2@127.0.0.1>...
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> In alt.os.linux.slackware, Lucinda dared to utter,
> > /dev/sdb3 /mnt/iomega ext3 noauto,user,rw 0 0
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> > And I have set the permissions for /dev/sdb3 to 777 (I am the only
> > user on my system).
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> Setting your hard drive partition to 777 is still a bad idea. Fix that.
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> What are the permissions on /mnt/iomega?
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I have also set the permissions to 777 on /mnt/iomega to see if it
would work, but it still doesn't help. I'm not sure what to try next.
What permissions would you put on /dev/sdb3? What is the
conventional wisdome for devices?