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Date:      Sat, 2 Jan 1999 23:04:52 -0800
From:      "Dan O'Connor" <dan@jgl.reno.nv.us>
To:        "Michael G." <mikegoe@ibm.net>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: User to mount device?
Message-ID:  <00ae01be36e7$890983c0$010a000a@danco.home>

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From: Michael G. <mikegoe@ibm.net>
To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Date: Saturday, January 02, 1999 4:05 PM
Subject: User to mount device?


>Hello,
>
>   How do I allow a user in the group "wheel" to mount a
>cdrom?  I've added "user" to the device line in the fstab
>file.  The current permission of /dev/wcdOc and /cdrom are
>root wheel (though I've changed this with no difference).
>I"m using the command    mount_cd9660 /dev/wcd0c /cdrom
>Any suggestion on what I'm overlooking?


I believe the user has to su to root before they can mount the cd; just
being a member of "wheel" isn't enough (although it lets you su to root in
the first place).

--Dan


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