On Thu, 2005-01-06 at 18:22 +0000, Robert Spangler wrote: > Temlakos <temlakos <at> gmail.com> writes: > > > In FC3, as far as I've determined, any USB device will now mount itself > > automatically, same as a CD or DVD does. (I haven't tested simply > > jerking out the USB plug to see whether that's safe or not--is it?) But > > my floppy drive won't detect the disk in the drive--and Disk Management > > tell me that "there are no file systems that you are allowed to mount or > > unmount; contact your system administrator." I haven't yet tried to > > stick in a floppy disk when logged in as "root," but--hey, come on!--if > > someone has to log in as "root" just to use a floppy disk, that's a real > > step backward from prior releases, don't you think? > > If memory serves me correctly I believe this has something to do with SELinux > kernel. I remember reading somewhere, can't remember where, that the SELinux > kernel doesn't allow Joe-user to mount a floppy because of security issues, real > or imaginary as it might be. > > You could test this by shutting down the kernel security with selinux=0 and > mounting the drive again. Did better than that--I shoved a floppy into the drive and then browsed the "Computer" icon on my desktop. That "folder" had an icon for the floppy drive; I right-clicked and gave the order to mount, and it mounted. All that's happened, then, is that the Disk Management tool is off- limits. For the record, I set SELinux to "Warn" rather than "Active." I'd like to see what "warnings" I'm supposed to get--thus far, I've never had any to pop up at me. -- Temlakos <temlakos@xxxxxxxxx>
