Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2004 11:59:29 +1100 From: Gautam Gopalakrishnan <ggop@madras.dyndns.org> To: Stacey Roberts <stacey@vickiandstacey.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mount /cdrom as non-root user - does this actually work for anyone? Message-ID: <20040104005929.GA70684@madras.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <20040104005352.GI6131@crom.vickiandstacey.com> References: <20040104005352.GI6131@crom.vickiandstacey.com>
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On Sun, Jan 04, 2004 at 12:53:52AM +0000, Stacey Roberts wrote: > Hello, > As root I can mount and read the CD fine.., checking for non-root user: > exit > ~ $ mount /cdrom > cd9660: /dev/acd0c: Operation not permitted > ~ $ mount -t cd9660 /dev/acd0c ~/cdrom > cd9660: /dev/acd0c: Operation not permitted > ~ $ > > Attempting to mount to mount-point in user home dir: > ~ $ cd ~ > ~ $ pwd > /home/stacey > ~ $ ls -ltra cdrom > total 6 > drwxr-xr-x 2 stacey stacey 512 Jan 3 23:50 ./ > drwxr-xr-x 31 stacey stacey 2560 Jan 3 23:50 ../ > ~ $ mount -t cd9660 /dev/acd0c ~/cdrom > cd9660: /dev/acd0c: Operation not permitted > ~ $ chmod +s /sbin/umount /sbin/mount works fine for me (without any other changes necessary). Don't know if it's the recommended procedure though. Gautam
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