From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Sep 11 15:16: 9 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from be-well.ilk.org (lowellg.ne.mediaone.net [24.147.184.128]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AFAB937B40A for ; Tue, 11 Sep 2001 15:16:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from lowell@localhost) by be-well.ilk.org (8.11.6/8.11.4) id f8BMG6922679; Tue, 11 Sep 2001 18:16:06 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from lowell) To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mounting cdrom by user References: <20010910204554.A18222@bullwinkle.local> From: Lowell Gilbert Date: 11 Sep 2001 18:16:06 -0400 In-Reply-To: flestrin@worldnet.att.net's message of "Tue, 11 Sep 2001 06:55:12 +0000 (UTC)" Message-ID: <44u1y9l6ft.fsf@lowellg.ne.mediaone.net> Lines: 10 X-Mailer: Gnus v5.7/Emacs 20.7 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG flestrin@worldnet.att.net (Carl Tucker) writes: > Is it possible for a non-privileged user to mount/umount the cdrom? > > ISTR in Linux, you could put an option on the entry in /etc/fstab > to allow non-root users to mount it, but I don't see it in > man fstab or man mount. Yes, it's possible, with the same security qualms as in Linux. For details, see the entry on this subject in the FreeBSD FAQ. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message