Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 00:18:59 -0400 From: "David S. Jackson" <dsj@dsj.net> To: Ed Vander Bush <ed@metafy.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Mount CDROM from User Account Message-ID: <19990815001859.G20961@juno.dsj.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.WNT.4.10.9908142221340.203-100000@ens247>; from Ed Vander Bush on Sat, Aug 14, 1999 at 10:23:10PM -0400 References: <Pine.WNT.4.10.9908142221340.203-100000@ens247>
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So then Ed Vander Bush (ed@metafy.com) said . . .
> I am trying to mount my cd from a user acount and I am getting the error
> "Operation Not Permitted". It works as root. This account is in the
> wheel group and mounting to a directory with proper permissions. What am I
> doing wrong? Thanks.
Looks like the BSD implementation of 'mount' doesn't include 'user'
among its mount options. Is this true, gurus?
[ hmmm...he thought...scratching his head as he read page 236 of _The
Complete FreeBSD_. "If you come from a System V environment, you'll
notice a significant difference in format--see the man page _fstab(5)_
for the full story." ]
Anyway, you could always join sudoers and mount/umount the CD that
way, right?
I wrote this little script below for use first with Linux. And I just
now tried to adapt it to FBSD. Gurus, please let me know if what I'm
doing is in error or is ill-advised!
--------------SNIP---------------(Warning: Linux centric)
#! /bin/sh
# Syntax: cdm [-flum]
# This utility allows you to unmount or mount the cdrom device
# to/from the ftp public location (/home/ftp/pub/cdrom) or the
# normal mount location (/cdrom).
# HISTORY: created Aug 26, 1998. last modified Aug 27, 1998.
# adapted (hopefully) to FreeBSD by dsj@dsj.net Aug 14, 1999.
device="/dev/wcd0c"
mountpt="/cdrom"
ftpmountpt="/home/ftp/pub/cdrom"
mntcmd="mount -t cd9660"
case $1 in
-f)
sudo "$mntcmd $device $ftpmountpt"
;;
-l)
mount
;;
-u)
check=$(mount | grep /cdrom)
check1=$(mount | grep /home/ftp/pub/cdrom)
check2=$(mount | grep /dev/scd0)
if [ -n "$check" ]; then
echo "umounting $check"
sudo "umount $device /cdrom"
elif [ -n "$check1" ]; then
echo "unmounting $check1"
sudo "umount $device /home/ftp/pub/cdrom"
elif [ -n "$check2" ]; then
echo "unmounting $check2"
where=$(echo $check2 | cut -f 3 -d " ")
sudo "umount $device $where"
else
echo "$device is not mounted"
fi
;;
-m)
sudo "mount $args $device $mountpt"
;;
*)
echo "usage: cdm -f (for ftp users: requires root access) \n or -l (to show mounted directories) \n or -u (to umount /dev/wcd0c: requires root access) \n or * (to show this help resource) \n or -m (to mount to normal mount position: /cdrom -- Requires root access)"
esac
-----------------SNIP------------------
Hope this helps more than it hinders. I haven't tested this yet; its
predecessor worked under Linux, but, well...that was Linux. Perhaps
using login classes would be more fruitful?
--
David S. Jackson http://www.dsj.net
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