Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2004 11:17:36 GMT From: vext01 <freebsd@arameus.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Desktop FreeBSD - is it up to it? Message-ID: <200402061117.i16BHaN01055@server1.web-mania.com>
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Hi all, I have been using freebsd for my web/database/music server for a while and it has performed flawlessly. good good! However recently I installed freebsd on my desktop too. I can do the things I want to, it just seems that i need to be root to do a lot of things. If I didnt have root, I would be screwed. One point I find annoying is that I cant workout how a normal user can unmount a fs. I have created ~/cdrom and put an fstab entry in for it. The device is /dev/acd0 (777 for now). vfs.usermount=3D1. I can mount the share, but not unmount it. For now I have chmod +s /sbin/umount. This is bad and i wouldnt appreciate a normal user unmounting my hard disks. What is the proper way?? My version is 5.2-release. Also is there any guides online that tell you how freebsd can be configured as a desktop machine? Thanks vext01
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