Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 16:40:45 +0100 From: Christoph Sold <so@server.i-clue.de> To: so@server.ms-agentur.de Cc: Brandon Fosdick <bfoz@glue.umd.edu>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: A different "user mounting of /cdrom" Message-ID: <3A7831FD.79D35FE2@i-clue.de> References: <3A778EA0.2ED43768@glue.umd.edu> <3A782CAF.8AB6AE40@i-clue.de>
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Christoph Sold schrieb:
>
> Brandon Fosdick schrieb:
> >
> > Ok, so I've been through the FAQ entry for allowing users to
> > mount/umount removable media. It works exactly like the FAQ said it
> > would, and thats my problem.
> >
> > The provided method allows users to mount media to directories owned by
> > the user in question. How do I allow many users to mount the cdrom to
> > /cdrom as opposed to ${HOME}/whatever? AFAIK I can't make /cdrom owned
> > by all of the users, and setting the group on /cdrom didn't work.
>
> Have a look at /usr/ports/security/sudo.
>
> I'd config it this way:
>
> ---</usr/local/etc/sudoers:>---
> # sudoers file.
> #
> # This file MUST be edited with the 'visudo' command as root.
> #
> # See the man page for the details on how to write a sudoers file.
> #
>
> # Host alias specification
>
> # User alias specification
> User_alias CD_ROM_USERS=luserOne,luserTwo,anotherLuser
>
> # Cmnd alias specification
> Cmnd_alias MOUNT_CD=/sbin/mount /cdrom
# User privilege specification
root ALL=(ALL) ALL
CD_ROM_USERS ALL=MOUNT_CD
> ---<snip>---
>
> This way, the named lusers may do
> sudo /sbin/mount /cdrom
> as root, without giving them a root passwd.
>
> Of course, you should allow them to unmount the darn thing, too.
>
> HTH
> -Christoph Sold
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