Date: Sun, 04 Jan 2004 00:48:15 -0500 From: Tom McLaughlin <tmclaugh@sdf.lonestar.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: <1073195295.318.14.camel@compass> In-Reply-To: <20040104011313.GJ6131@crom.vickiandstacey.com> References: <20040104005352.GI6131@crom.vickiandstacey.com> <20040104005929.GA70684@madras.dyndns.org> <20040104011313.GJ6131@crom.vickiandstacey.com>
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On Sat, 2004-01-03 at 20:13, Stacey Roberts wrote: > Hello, > Thanks for the reply.., > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gautam Gopalakrishnan <ggop@madras.dyndns.org>" > To: To Stacey Roberts > Date: Sun, 04 Jan, 2004 00:59 GMT > Subject: Re: Mount /cdrom as non-root user - does this actually work for anyone? > > > 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. > > > > Nor I, to be honest.., I'm not sure about setting the suid bit on mount.., Given that the HandBook provides what I thought would have been straight-forward instructions on what (presumably) is I hoped is a simple procedure.., I'd not want to start making undocumented config changes. > > Thanks all the same for taking the time to respond. > > Regards, > > Stacey > > > Gautam > > Stacey, what are permissions of /dev/acd0c? The handbook example changes the permissions of a SCSI cdrom. I made the mistake of not noticing this when I first tried to do make my cdrom user mountable. Tom
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