Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 09:21:16 -0700 From: "Kevin Glick" <keving@sbfnet.com> To: "'Steven Friedrich'" <FreeBSD@insightbb.com> Cc: 'FreeBSD Questions' <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Mounting data CD Message-ID: <20041020162233.8A8F743D4C@mx1.FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <200410201217.02187.FreeBSD@insightbb.com>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of > Steven Friedrich > Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 9:17 AM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Mounting data CD > > I'm trying to mount a data CD as a normal user. It works > fine as root, but I > want average users to be able to do it. > > Here's the session: > % mount_cd9660 /dev/acd0c /cdrom > mount_cd9660: /dev/acd0c: Operation not permitted > % mount_cd9660 /dev/acd0c /mnt > mount_cd9660: /dev/acd0c: Operation not permitted Normal users don't have permissions to mount to /cdrom or /mnt. They should be able to mount in their home directory. You might want to look into "sudo" in the ports. It allows users to run commands as root. Kevin Glick ITS Manager Sterling Business Forms keving@sbfnet.com
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