#title World-writable floppy drive ## page was renamed from MakeFloppyDriveAvailableToEveryone By default, Ubuntu configures the floppy diskette drive (/dev/fd0) so that <
> * Anyone can mount it, but only the user who mounted it can unmount it * Only the user who mounted it can write to it This document explains how to configure Linux so that anyone can mount, unmount, or write to a floppy diskette without restriction, like some other popular operating systems. Change the floppy diskette drive entry in /etc/fstab file {{{ sudo nano --nowrap /etc/fstab}}} from: {{{ /dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0 }}} to {{{ /dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,users,noauto,fmask=111,dmask=000 0 0 }}} Note that `user` is changed to `users` and the permission masks are specified. `fmask=111` means for regular files, deny execute permission to all (chmod a-x) and allow all other permissions. `dmask=000` means for directories, do not deny any permission. `man fstab` and `man mount` and `man chmod` for more information. ---- CategoryHardware