From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jan 3 02:19:22 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA05726 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 3 Jan 1999 02:19:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from post.mail.demon.net (finch-post-10.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA05721 for ; Sun, 3 Jan 1999 02:19:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marko@uk.radan.com) Received: from [158.152.75.22] (helo=uk.radan.com) by post.mail.demon.net with smtp (Exim 2.10 #2) id 0zwkcX-00024y-00; Sun, 3 Jan 1999 10:18:54 +0000 Organisation: Radan Computational Ltd., Bath, UK. Phone: +44-1225-320320 Fax: +44-1225-320311 Received: from beavis.uk.radan.com (beavis [193.114.228.122]) by uk.radan.com (8.6.10/8.6.10) with SMTP id KAA01621; Sun, 3 Jan 1999 10:18:23 GMT Received: from uk.radan.com (rasnt-1) by beavis.uk.radan.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA08994; Sun, 3 Jan 99 10:18:20 GMT Message-Id: <368F4406.A95FD43B@uk.radan.com> Date: Sun, 03 Jan 1999 10:18:46 +0000 From: Mark Ovens X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win95; I) X-Accept-Language: en-GB Mime-Version: 1.0 To: "Michael G." Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: User to mount device? Guess not... References: <199901030738.HAA17800@out4.ibm.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG "Michael G." wrote: > > OK...I was afraid of that. What I'm trying to do is set up > an icon on my KDE desktop to do it for me. KDE provides a > great mechanism..but ofcourse you need the "access". > There is a progra in the ports called ``sudo'' which allows normal users to do root-like things. I've never used it myself. > Thanks.. > Michael G. > > On Sat, 2 Jan 1999 23:04:52 -0800, Dan O'Connor wrote: > > >I believe the user has to su to root before they can mount the cd; just > >being a member of "wheel" isn't enough (although it lets you su to root in > >the first place). > > > >--Dan > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ICQ #24517082 Live FreeBSD...Or Die! > > PIC X 10 VALUE "YES! COBOL" > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Trust the computer industry to shorten Year 2000 to Y2K. It was this thinking that caused the problem in the first place. Mark Ovens, CNC Applications Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd Sheet Metal CAD/CAM Solutions mailto:marko@uk.radan.com http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message