Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 04:54:18 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au> To: "Rick C. Petty" <rick-freebsd@kiwi-computer.com> Cc: babkin@users.sourceforge.net, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Re: RFC: Adding a ``user'' mount option Message-ID: <20060405185418.GJ699@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <20060405171429.GA3067@megan.kiwi-computer.com> References: <21929145.3307121144162800285.JavaMail.root@vms172.mailsrvcs.net> <20060405171429.GA3067@megan.kiwi-computer.com>
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On Wed, 2006-Apr-05 12:14:29 -0500, Rick C. Petty wrote: >On Tue, Apr 04, 2006 at 10:00:00AM -0500, Sergey Babkin wrote: >> >> Would it make sense to be able to specify a group in fstab? >> Then the users can be simply given membership of this >> group to mount the devices. > >Why not just assume allowable users are in the "operator" group. Isn't >this what that group was designed for? That group was designed for people who ran backups - it's hard-coded in dump(8). >If not operator, then maybe one configurable group, defaulting to operator. Sounds like a good idea. -- Peter Jeremy
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