Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 02:11:51 -0700 (PDT) From: <jkoshy@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: New FAQ entry Message-ID: <199908240911.CAA76582@freefall.freebsd.org>
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Q: Can ordinary users mount floppies and other removable media?
A: Yes, they can, but this feature is not enabled by default in FreeBSD.
Here is how to allow non-root users to mount devices:
1. As `root' assign the appropriate permissions to the block
device associated with the removable media. For example,
for floppies:
# chmod 777 /dev/fd0
2. As 'root' set the sysctl variable 'vfs.usermount' to '1'.
# sysctl -w vfs.usermount=1
Users can now mount '/dev/fd0' onto any directory that they own:
3. $ mkdir ~/my-mount-point
$ mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 ~/my-mount-point
Unmounting the device is simple:
4. $ umount ~/my-mount-point
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Regards,
Koshy
<jkoshy@freebsd.org>
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