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To: Eric Jacoboni <jaco@teaser.fr>
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Subject: Re: Mounting CD-Roms as a normal user
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Eric Jacoboni writes:
> >>>>> "Mike" == Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> writes:
> Mike> Not quite. You can set vfs.usermount to 1 (i.e. - as root, "sysctl -w
> Mike> vfs.usermount=1") to let users mount devices - provided the device and
> Mike> directory permissions allow it, and with no suid on the device. The
> Mike> correct way to arrange for that to be set at boot is to add the line
> Mike> "vfs.usermount=1" to /etc/sysctl.conf, possibly creating it in the
> Mike> process.
> I'm using FBSD 4.1.1-S and I've tried to do so and never succeeded,
> even by "opening to the world" all the relevant directories and
> devices :

I wasn't quite clear enough, but the FAQ entry is. The mount point
(the directory) "permissions that allow it" are that it be owned by
the user who is doing the mounting.

> % ls -ld /cdrom
> drwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel  512 13 mai  1999 /cdrom

That's owned by root. World read/writable isn't enough for the
directory (though it's required for the device); the mount point has
to be owned by the user who's going to mount it.

	<mike



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