From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 10 14:57:54 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA03319 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 10 Dec 1998 14:57:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from namodn.com (namodn.com [207.33.107.203]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA03313 for ; Thu, 10 Dec 1998 14:57:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from robert@namodn.com) Received: from localhost (robert@localhost) by namodn.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id PAA06484; Thu, 10 Dec 1998 15:01:08 GMT (envelope-from robert@namodn.com) Date: Thu, 10 Dec 1998 15:01:08 +0000 (GMT) From: Robert To: Steve Friedrich cc: "kf7nn1@cybertrails.com" , FreeBSD Questions Subject: RE: Can't mount CD or floppies as non-super user In-Reply-To: <199812102142.QAA26193@laker.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG You can also turn the password prompt for sudo off using yourname ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL in the sudoers file, and then you can use sudo ... Hmm, of course you might also mean that it's not possible to specify other parameters to kfm/kde, it does mount itself, in which case that sucks :) re-write that part of the code. -rob ( www.namodn.com ) ( mailto:roibert@namodn.com ) On Thu, 10 Dec 1998, Steve Friedrich wrote: > BTW, I know I can use sudo to do it, but that won't help for the actual > application. I use KDE and created an object of type device, and I > can't specify command line stuff. KDE (kfm specifically, I believe) > calls mount and I can't tell it to invoke sudo and prompt me for a > password. I need to be able to do it using the standard mount and/or > mount_msdos commands, without specifying other parameters... > > > > > Steve Friedrich > Viva la FreeBSD!! > Unix systems measure "uptime" in years, Winblows measures it in minutes. > > > > 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