From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Feb 4 08:12:12 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA09097 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 4 Feb 1998 08:12:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from intranet.blueberry.co.uk (intranet.blueberry.co.uk [195.129.9.107]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA08995 for ; Wed, 4 Feb 1998 08:11:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from keith@intranet.blueberry.co.uk) Received: (from keith@localhost) by intranet.blueberry.co.uk (8.8.8/8.8.7) id QAA03653; Wed, 4 Feb 1998 16:12:09 GMT (envelope-from keith) Message-ID: <19980204161208.15968@blueberry.co.uk> Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 16:12:08 +0000 From: Keith Jones To: "A. Rich" Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mountd -n is not allowing non-root mounts References: <199802041529.KAA22061@shell2.shore.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84e In-Reply-To: <199802041529.KAA22061@shell2.shore.net>; from A. Rich on Wed, Feb 04, 1998 at 10:29:14AM -0500 Organization: Blueberry New Media Ltd. Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG X-To-Unsubscribe: mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org "unsubscribe questions" On Wed, Feb 04, 1998 at 10:29:14AM -0500, A. Rich wrote: > I checked the FAQ, gnats listing, and mailing list archives, and I didn't see > anything about this. I can't believe that a bug this noticable would go > unreported for this long, so I'm guessing that I'm missing something obvious. I don't think you're supposed to be able to mount drives unless you're root. If you really need to, I guess you could write a suid wrapper for it. Keith -- v Keith Jones Systems Manager, Blueberry New Media Ltd. v | Postal Mail: 2/10 Harbour Yard, Chelsea Harbour, LONDON, UK. SW10 0XD | | Telephone: +44 (0)171 351 3313 Fax: +44 (0)171 351 2476 | ^ Email: Keith.Jones@blueberry.co.uk WWW: http://www.blueberry.co.uk/ ^