Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 20:03:16 +0200 From: Bernd Luevelsmeyer <bernd.luevelsmeyer@heitec.net> To: Kuzak <kuzak@kuzak.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: CD-ROM server Message-ID: <396E0464.C8A243D6@heitec.net> References: <20000711225752.A615@localhost.localdomain> <0FXN00H5Y91G86@mta6.snfc21.pbi.net>
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Kuzak wrote: > > I'm setting up a cdrom server that is running FreeBSD that I'm hoping will > replace one with identical hardware running windows... If anyone knows > how I could accomplish the following things to make the integration easier > please let me know... > > First off I'd like to have the machine boot directly to a command prompt, or > somehow automatically login as say "user", so that the client who is using > the server can issue mount and umount instructions without having to login > to the machine first.. ( security of the machine not being a concern of > course ) You can leave out the terminal's line in /etc/ttys and instead start a shell in /etc/rc.local , for example. If you want a special user then 'su' in rc.local ought to work. > Second, what would be the best way to grant this, or say any user on the > machine the ability to mount and umount the cdrom drives... sudo has been > suggested to me, but I was just wondering if there was any way to just allow > the user to use mount and stuff.. giving the use root is acceptable, but not > prefered... Setting the sysctl variable 'vfs.usermount' to 1 should work. You can do that in /etc/rc.local too. > Lastly, I don't believe this is possible.. but if anyone has any ideas.. > please let > me know.. The behavior of windows is somewhat prefered ( IE not locking the > cdrom drives ).. Is it possible to somehow setup a crontab'd script or > something > that would mimic that behavior so that I would not have to put a monitor or > keyboard > on the system, in otherwords the client who wants to change a cd, wouldn't > have > to issue a umount, followed by a mount command.. I would like it if somehow > the client was able to open the drive and change a cd, and say in the span > of 10 > minutes or so the cd would them be accessible by the network.. If this can be > done, please let me know.. thanks.. Perhaps it can be done with the auto mounter daemon, amd. I have never experimented with this. That should unmount the CDROM when it's not used, and mount it when it is used again. Have fun, Bernd To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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