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From: Bruce Hunter <freebsd@solisix.com>
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On Sat, 2004-07-03 at 17:09, jobse wrote:
> Dear List,
> When trying to mount the cdrom I get Operation not permitted.
> sysctl: vfs.usermount=0(what does that mean and how can I *permanently*
> change it to 1)
> I'd rather not set the sticky bit on mount/umount if I mustn't.
> 
> suggestions?
> /jobse
> 

Are you trying to mount the cdrom for playing music cd's?

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#mount /dev/acd0 /cdrom
if you get an error here.
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try changing the permissions on /dev/acd0 to include your user trying to
access/mount the device.

Bruce