Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 16:43:51 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> To: Walsh Michael J NPRI <WalshMJ@csd.npt.nuwc.navy.mil> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Persistent user access to floppy, zip, and cd-rom drives Message-ID: <32476.954341031@axl.ops.uunet.co.za> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 29 Mar 2000 09:00:01 EST." <42AEE645FD42D311BAB300104B316E7401403F42@NPRICSDEXC01.NPT.NUWC.NAVY.MIL>
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On Wed, 29 Mar 2000 09:00:01 EST, Walsh Michael J NPRI wrote: > How do I give persistent user (me) access to the floppy, zip, and cd-rom > drives? I've read in the archives that I can issue the command > > # sysctl -w vfs.usermount=1 > > as root to allow this (which works), but I don't want to have to do this > every time I reboot. Do I need to build something into the kernel? As of FreeBSD 4.0-RELEASE, you can add the following line to /etc/sysctl.conf: vfs.usermount=1 The /etc/rc.sysctl script will do the right thing with that at boot time. Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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