In article <weRpjJ600WB_4GuG4h@andrew.cmu.edu>, Tao Jiang <tj2n+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
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> Hi!  When I used mtools as root, it worked fine.  But as non-root, it
> complained that:
> 
> init: open: Operation not permitted
> 
> Any clues?

If I remember right, mtools wants to open /dev/hd* devices.  After I
installed the new 0.96 root disk, these devices had access rights only
to user root, and group disk (rw-rw----).  Make mtools setgid, and
chown it to bin.disk.  That should fix the problem.  It did for me.

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