From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 8 12:25:39 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA25630 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 8 Feb 1999 12:25:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from alpha.comkey.com.au (alpha.comkey.com.au [203.9.152.215]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id MAA25552 for ; Mon, 8 Feb 1999 12:25:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gjb@comkey.com.au) Received: (qmail 13476 invoked by uid 1001); 8 Feb 1999 19:13:40 -0000 Message-ID: <19990208191340.13475.qmail@alpha.comkey.com.au> X-Posted-By: GBA-Post 1.04 06-Feb-1999 X-PGP-Fingerprint: 5A91 6942 8CEA 9DAB B95B C249 1CE1 493B 2B5A CE30 Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 05:13:40 +1000 From: Greg Black To: Philippe CASIDY Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Mounting CDROM (or removable media) by users References: <199902072107.WAA01893@greatoak> In-reply-to: <199902072107.WAA01893@greatoak> of Sun, 07 Feb 1999 22:07:27 +0100 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > The same and eternal questions about 'How to allow users to mount > cdrom?'. > > I have seen a lot of times this question in the archive of this mailing > list with no real answer. Okay, I can use 'sudo' or such things. I have > even try to use amd with no success. Well tell us what problems you had. As it comes out of the box (on 2.2.8 at least), a simple package install of sudo and a few seconds editing the /usr/local/etc/sudoers file with visudo will have everybody able to execute something like "mount /cdrom" and "umount /cdrom" and the problem is solved. If you try this and have problems, explain exactly what happened and somebody will help you. -- Greg Black To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message