Date: 19 Aug 2002 00:46:13 +0100 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Andr=E9?= Ramos <andre.ramos@netcabo.pt> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: not able to mount devices as normal user? Message-ID: <1029714373.720.2.camel@messias.netcabo.pt> In-Reply-To: <3D5EFE0E.298AB5AC@buffalo.edu> References: <3D5EFE0E.298AB5AC@buffalo.edu>
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On Sun, 2002-08-18 at 02:53, Ron Weatherston wrote: > I'm not able to mount devices (such as a CD-ROM drive) as a normal user > despite the fact that I own the mount point that I'm trying to mount to. > Ther error message I get is: mount_cd9660: /dev/acd0c: Operation not > permitted. What gives? Also, is there a mount option that will allow > users to mount devices on the same mount point. Here's what I mean: If > I have /cdrom as a mont point defined in fstab for my cd drive how can > I allow all users (not just root) use this mount point. I'm not worried > about security too much as I'm the only one who uses my machine and > I don't have an always-on internet connection. I know in Linux you can > specify the "user" mount option but looking through the man pages for > both fstab and mount I could not find anything like this. If someone > could shed a little light on this for a relatively inexperienced FreeBSD > user I'd really appreciate it. Thanks in advance. > > rdw@buffalo.edu > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message Add the line %users ALL=/sbin/mount /cdrom,/sbin/umount /cdrom to the /usr/local/etc/sudoers file. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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