Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 18:08:32 +0100 (CET) From: Philippe CASIDY <pcasidy@worldnet.fr> To: gjb@comkey.com.au Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Mounting CDROM (or removable media) by users Message-ID: <199902091708.SAA00848@greatoak> In-Reply-To: <19990208191340.13475.qmail@alpha.comkey.com.au>
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On 9 Feb, Greg Black wrote: >> The same and eternal questions about 'How to allow users to mount >> cdrom?'. >> >> I have seen a lot of times this question in the archive of this mailing >> list with no real answer. Okay, I can use 'sudo' or such things. I have >> even try to use amd with no success. > > Well tell us what problems you had. As it comes out of the box > (on 2.2.8 at least), a simple package install of sudo and a few > seconds editing the /usr/local/etc/sudoers file with visudo will > have everybody able to execute something like "mount /cdrom" and > "umount /cdrom" and the problem is solved. > > If you try this and have problems, explain exactly what happened > and somebody will help you. > My question was more about why it is not possible than how to solve this. To solve this, I have read about sudo tools and there maybe a possibility with amd. But what is the reason about this behavior? As I said, under Debian Linux, you just have to add the option 'user' in the fstab file. Why no such options under FreeBSD? Anyway, I found the solution with sudo more flexible but I am just curious to know what is the reason about not being able to do this directly with the system. ;-) Thanks. Phil. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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