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Date:      Mon, 17 May 1999 13:26:39 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        Lukas Ruf <lpruf@stud.ee.ethz.ch>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: user mounts
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.03.9905171326230.15052-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.10.9905141450470.29735-100000@tardis-a2.ee.ethz.ch>

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On Fri, 14 May 1999, Lukas Ruf wrote:

> Hi list,
> 
> mounting a shared resource into the local file system, I know, can be
> done by using /etc/fstab. I know from the Linux world that there is a
> possibility to specify a mount point to be mounted by the user. In
> /etc/fstab only specify to the options *noauto,user*.
> 
> My question:
> Exists in the FreeBSD implementation of mount the possibility to specify
> an overcome for this lack: "mount -o user" fails obviously, trying to
> mount a an fstab entry as a normal user makes nfs reporting: 
> nfs: /home/lpruf: Operation not permitted.
> While executing the command as root successfully completes. 
> 
> In other words:
> 
> I want to specify an fstab-entry or anywhere else to allow normal user
> mounting any specified ressources "by hand".

This is not supported under FreeBSD.

Doug White                               
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
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