From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 20 16:26:43 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E647A16A4CE for ; Wed, 20 Oct 2004 16:26:43 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.sbfnet.com (sbfnet.com [12.18.252.43]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8606243D2D for ; Wed, 20 Oct 2004 16:26:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from keving@sbfnet.com) Received: from administrator ([90.1.2.37]) by mail.sbfnet.com (SBF Mail Services) with SMTP id AAE74724; Wed, 20 Oct 2004 09:26:43 -0700 From: "Kevin Glick" To: "'Steven Friedrich'" Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 09:25:34 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.6353 In-Reply-To: <200410201217.02187.FreeBSD@insightbb.com> Thread-Index: AcS2wFWjLbEtLzJpS02emPNRuFUbRAAANGOw X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 Message-Id: <20041020162643.8606243D2D@mx1.FreeBSD.org> cc: 'FreeBSD Questions' Subject: RE: Mounting data CD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 16:26:44 -0000 > -----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 > And, if I'd read your message better the first time, I would have noticed that you're getting the error from the mount command, and not the directory. You definitely want to look at sudo. Kevin Glick ITS Manager Sterling Business Forms keving@sbfnet.com