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Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 08:19:59 -0800 (PST)
From: SteveFriedrich@Hot-Shot.com
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Subject: bin/9056: enhance mount/fstab with "user" option, to allow unpriv user ability to mount specific device
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>Number:         9056
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       enhance mount/fstab with "user" option, to allow unpriv user ability to mount specific device
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Dec 11 08:30:01 PST 1998
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Steve Friedrich
>Organization:
>Release:        2.2.8
>Environment:
na
>Description:
KDE has device objects that call mount directly. FreeBSD's mount requires root authority. Linux has a "user" option in their fstab, presumably allowing an average user to mount that device. I've worked around the problem in KDE by creating mount and umount object which call sudo (and I added user to sudoers with NOPASSWD option).  This hack is ugly and embarrassing when Linux friends visit. Please enhance FreeBSD's mount/fstab with "user" option.
>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:
Create Floppy A/B and/or CDROM device object on KDE desktop. Can't use the object's mount feature if not logged in as root.
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:

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