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Subject: Re: Allowing a group to use fstab mount-points
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RW <list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> writes:

> I have fstab entries for several devices that aren't mounted at boot, but when 
> mounting as an ordinary user, I can only mount a device on a mount-point that 
> I own.
> 
> Is it possible to relax this so that any user in the operator group can make 
> use of the same fstab entries? I know I could make separate entries for each 
> user, but it's a bit cumbersome. 

Most people don't really want a user to be able to mount devices any
time, but only when that user is on the console.  fbtab(5) and
equivalent functionality under X take care of that quite well.