Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 21:31:49 +0530 From: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> To: Charlie <charlie@infoworks.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, "Michael Sperber [Mr. Preprocessor]" <sperber@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de> Subject: Re: How to allow user mounts? Message-ID: <20000817213149.A6642@physics.iisc.ernet.in> In-Reply-To: <200008171523.KAA20881@smtp.intop.net>; from charlie@infoworks.net on Thu, Aug 17, 2000 at 10:28:58AM -0500 References: <y9l4s4k56ic.fsf@sams.informatik.uni-tuebingen.de> <200008171523.KAA20881@smtp.intop.net>
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Charlie said on Aug 17, 2000 at 10:28:58: > 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. Also see the faq entry http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/admin.html#AEN2788 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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