From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Aug 26 6:14:40 2002 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 0C26037B400 for ; Mon, 26 Aug 2002 06:14:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hotmail.com (oe50.pav2.hotmail.com [64.4.36.22]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BBCA243E65 for ; Mon, 26 Aug 2002 06:14:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from unixtools@hotmail.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Mon, 26 Aug 2002 06:14:36 -0700 X-Originating-IP: [202.41.224.36] From: "Unix Tools" To: "Ron Weatherston" , References: <3D5EFE0E.298AB5AC@buffalo.edu> Subject: Re: not able to mount devices as normal user? Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 06:59:42 +0530 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 26 Aug 2002 13:14:36.0762 (UTC) FILETIME=[86DBCBA0:01C24D02] Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi, The mount point is owned by you. BUT THE DEVICE FILE ASSOCIATED WITH THE FILE SYSTEM IS NOT OWNED BY YOU. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Weatherston" To: Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2002 07:23 AM Subject: not able to mount devices as normal user? > I'm not able to mount devices (such as a CD-ROM drive) as a normal user > despite the fact that I own the mount point that I'm trying to mount to. > Ther error message I get is: mount_cd9660: /dev/acd0c: Operation not > permitted. What gives? Also, is there a mount option that will allow > users to mount devices on the same mount point. Here's what I mean: If > I have /cdrom as a mont point defined in fstab for my cd drive how can > I allow all users (not just root) use this mount point. I'm not worried > about security too much as I'm the only one who uses my machine and > I don't have an always-on internet connection. I know in Linux you can > specify the "user" mount option but looking through the man pages for > both fstab and mount I could not find anything like this. If someone > could shed a little light on this for a relatively inexperienced FreeBSD > user I'd really appreciate it. Thanks in advance. > > rdw@buffalo.edu > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message