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From: tgl@g.gp.cs.cmu.edu (Tom Lane)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Mediainit "not owner" error
Message-ID: <11950@pt.cs.cmu.edu>
Date: 14 Feb 91 15:28:13 GMT
Organization: Carnegie-Mellon University, CS/RI
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When I try to use mediainit(1) on a floppy disk, it says
	mediainit: can't lock volume - Not owner
unless I am root.
I tried changing the ownership of the device file to be myself,
and it still wouldn't work.

What's the problem?  Can I fix things so that unprivileged users
can init a floppy?  Where in the manual is this discussed??

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			tom lane
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