Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 10:28:58 -0500 From: "Charlie" <charlie@infoworks.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, sperber@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de (Michael Sperber [Mr. Preprocessor]) Subject: Re: How to allow user mounts? Message-ID: <200008171523.KAA20881@smtp.intop.net> In-Reply-To: <y9l4s4k56ic.fsf@sams.informatik.uni-tuebingen.de>
index | next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail
On 17 Aug 00, at 16:03, Michael Sperber [Mr. Preprocessor] wrote: > > For the machines in our pool, I'd like to allow users to mount CD-ROMs > themselves to a fixed mount point, say /cdrom. Is this possible on > FreeBSD? (I know it is on Linux via a special /etc/fstab option.) > > -- > Cheers =8-} Mike > Friede, Völkerverständigung und überhaupt blabla If you're trying to grant access to console users, have a look at /etc/fbtab (not a typo). man 5 fbtab will allow you to set permissions on /dev/whatever for console users. For remote users shelling in, you might be better off looking at sudo, or another wrapper program that allows certain users to perform tasks that usually only root can do. Hope this helps, -Charlie To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the messagehelp
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200008171523.KAA20881>