From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Apr 22 7:31: 4 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from iaces.com (horton.iaces.com [204.147.87.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF25915A40 for ; Thu, 22 Apr 1999 07:30:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from proot@iaces.com) Received: (from proot@localhost) by iaces.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id JAA02358; Thu, 22 Apr 1999 09:27:24 -0500 (CDT) From: "Paul T. Root" Message-Id: <199904221427.JAA02358@iaces.com> Subject: Re: Users mounting CD's or Audio CD's In-Reply-To: from Doug White at "Apr 21, 99 02:38:53 pm" To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu (Doug White) Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 09:27:23 -0500 (CDT) Cc: jorge@salk.edu, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Organization: USWEST !nterprise Networking - ACES X-Phone: (612) 664-3385 X-Fax: (612) 664-4779 X-Page: (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7270 X-Address: 600 Stinson Blvd, Fl 1S X-Address: Minneapolis, MN 55413 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In a previous message, Doug White said: > On Wed, 21 Apr 1999, Jorge Aldana wrote: > > > I need user access to CD's instead of having to be root everytime I need > > to mount a CD (or play an Audio CD). What is the proper way of allowing > > users access to the CD-ROM drive for both Audio and Data CD's. > > This isn't currently possible; only root can use mount(). I think. You > can use cdcontrol(1) from a user, assuming that the permissions are set > properly. You can use amd to automatically mount disks for data. For audio, just make the permissions open so the cd audio programs can attach. -- The follies which a man regrets most, in his life, are those which he didn't commit when he had the opportunity. - - Helen Rowland To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message