From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Mar 23 13: 3:56 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from logisticsoftware.co.nz (logisticsoftware.co.nz [202.37.163.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56B3737BABD for ; Thu, 23 Mar 2000 13:03:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jonc@logisticsoftware.co.nz) Received: from jonc.logisticsoftware.co.nz (jonc.logisticsoftware.co.nz [10.3.1.1]) by logisticsoftware.co.nz (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id JAA02635; Fri, 24 Mar 2000 09:03:44 +1200 (NZST) Received: (from jonc@localhost) by jonc.logisticsoftware.co.nz (8.9.3/8.9.3) id JAA57695; Fri, 24 Mar 2000 09:03:43 +1200 (NZST) (envelope-from jonc) Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 09:03:43 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen To: matteotti Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mounting floppies and cd's Message-ID: <20000324090343.B57542@jonc.logisticsoftware.co.nz> References: <38D9F4A1.997811ED@bluewin.ch> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <38D9F4A1.997811ED@bluewin.ch>; from carloma@bluewin.ch on Thu, Mar 23, 2000 at 11:40:33AM +0100 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Mar 23, 2000 at 11:40:33AM +0100, matteotti wrote: > Friends, > > I am trying to set up /etc/fstab such that it be possible to mount > floppies and cdroms as normal user (not root). > > I tried the same option flags as I have under Linux. i.e. > /dev/fd0 /floppy msdos user,noauto,rw (some more) 0 0 > ^^^^^ > > When I try to mount a floppy as normal user there is the followin error > message > > mount -o: user option not supported :-( > (the same for cdrom) The "user" option in your fstab is NOT supported as it is a major security hole. Jonathan Chen ---------------------------------------------------------------------- When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message