Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 18:27:56 +0200 From: "Karel J. Bosschaart" <karelj@kayjay.nl> To: Kevin Glick <keving@sbfnet.com> Cc: 'FreeBSD Questions' <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Mounting data CD Message-ID: <20041020162756.GA86409@kayjay.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <20041020162233.8A8F743D4C@mx1.FreeBSD.org> References: <200410201217.02187.FreeBSD@insightbb.com> <20041020162233.8A8F743D4C@mx1.FreeBSD.org>
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On Wed, Oct 20, 2004 at 09:21:16AM -0700, Kevin Glick wrote: > > -----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 Since I didn't see it mentioned: user mounting also requires that vfs.usermount is set to 1. Use sysctl or /etc/sysctl.conf to achieve this. Karel.
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