From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 20 11:05:16 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1311116A4CE for ; Sat, 20 Nov 2004 11:05:16 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ptb-relay01.plus.net (ptb-relay01.plus.net [212.159.14.212]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA3AC43D2F for ; Sat, 20 Nov 2004 11:05:15 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gbentley@uk2.net) Received: from [81.174.174.115] (helo=3bsd.cpcnw.co.uk) by ptb-relay01.plus.net with smtp (Exim) id 1CVT3K-000Mo6-6M for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 20 Nov 2004 11:05:14 +0000 Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 11:03:53 +0000 From: Graham Bentley To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-Id: <20041120110353.06e8ee1d.gbentley@uk2.net> Organization: Custom PC North West X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.12-gtk2-20040622 (GTK+ 2.4.9; i386-portbld-freebsd5.3) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: User CD Mount X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 11:05:16 -0000 Hi All, I am trying to get permission to mount CD's when logged in non root Following the handbook advice I have :- As root set the sysctl variable vfs.usermount to 1. # sysctl -w vfs.usermount=1 Added the line vfs.usermount=1 to the file /etc/sysctl.conf Changed group perms on devs # chgrp operator /dev/acd0 # chgrp operator /dev/acd1 Changed access perms # chmod 640 /dev/acd0 # chmod 640 /dev/acd1 Changed group perms on the mount points # chgrp operator /cdrom # chgrp operator /cdrom1 Added myself to the operator group in /etc/group operator:*:5:root,graham However non of this worked - I could still not mount as non root even though I was in the operator group. Next I installed the sudo package and added my name to the list of adminsitrators. Whilst this had the desired outcome I still wasnt happy that I couldnt get this working without using sudo :( Finally I change the owner on the mount point to my username and that worked fine (without sudo) However I still do not think I have done the right thing (being a bit of a noob :) as I have noticed that when I have mounted the cd, an ls reveals the ownership as root:wheel - when I unmount it is back to graham:operator ? (gkrellm also always reports the devices as being busy even though I specified exactly the same mount command that works from cl ) This probably highlights my lack of understanding of permissions etc so I was wondering if anyone could guide me in the path to enlightenment ? Thanks !!!