Date: Sun, 04 Jul 2004 15:17:40 +0200 From: jobse <jobse@tintin.kau.se> To: Mikko =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Ty=F6l=E4j=E4rvi?= <mbsd@pacbell.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: allowing users to mount cdrom Message-ID: <1088947060.95947.6.camel@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <20040703145317.A12064@sotec.home> References: <1088888955.680.15.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20040703145317.A12064@sotec.home>
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hey! On Sat, 2004-07-03 at 23:55, Mikko Työläjärvi wrote: > On Sat, 3 Jul 2004, jobse wrote: > > > Dear List, > > When trying to mount the cdrom I get Operation not permitted. > > sysctl: vfs.usermount=0(what does that mean and how can I *permanently* > > change it to 1) > > I'd rather not set the sticky bit on mount/umount if I mustn't. > > > > suggestions? > > /jobse > > vfs.usermount allows non-root users to perform a mount, provided that > they have sufficient access to both device being mounted and the > mountpoint. Users won't be permitted to do other privileged > operations, such as loading kernel modules, so in some cases the mount > may still fail. k! > > To set vfs.usermount=1 on every boot, add it to /etc/sysctl.conf (see > sysctl.conf(8)). Did that. > > One way to give access to assorted files and devices to the user > currently logged in on the local console is to use /etc/fbtab (see > fbtab(5)), thus: > > /dev/ttyv0 0600 /dev/acd0 > /dev/ttyv0 0755 /cdrom That was the trick! thanx > ... I dunno, I'm not using a GUI login thingy). Me neither. > $.02, > /Mikko > jobse
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