Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 06:56:03 -0400 From: "Otter" <otterr@telocity.com> To: "Herbert Pirke" <freebsd_help@yahoo.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Mounting CD-Roms as a normal user Message-ID: <HLEDJBJKDDPDJBMGCLPPMEMGCGAA.otterr@telocity.com> In-Reply-To: <20001025100012.23423.qmail@web10607.mail.yahoo.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
if you need to use root permissions as a nomal user *cough*mount*cough*, check out sudo. with out su'ing to root, i think that's the only way the cd is gonna get mounted by a user. -Otter p.s. don't sweat it. we were all newbies once. just learn it and don't continue to be a newbie! }-----Original Message----- }From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG }[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of }Herbert Pirke }Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2000 6:00 AM }To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG }Subject: Mounting CD-Roms as a normal user } } }Hi! } }This is probably a stupid question. God, it's so }difficult to cover the fact beeing a newbee... } }I installed FreeBSD 4.0 for the first time and }realised, that I can't mount my CD-rom as a normal }user. The file attributes of the device and the }mounting directory give access to all users. But it }still says somthing like "mounting not permitted...". } }Can anybody help me with this embarrasing problem? } }Herbert } }__________________________________________________ }Do You Yahoo!? }Yahoo! Messenger - Talk while you surf! It's FREE. }http://im.yahoo.com/ } } }To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org }with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?HLEDJBJKDDPDJBMGCLPPMEMGCGAA.otterr>