Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 10:55:58 -0400 From: Anish Mistry <mistry.7@osu.edu> To: Ron Weatherston <rdw@buffalo.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: not able to mount devices as normal user? Message-ID: <200208201055.58839.mistry.7@osu.edu> In-Reply-To: <3D5EFE0E.298AB5AC@buffalo.edu> References: <3D5EFE0E.298AB5AC@buffalo.edu>
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On Saturday 17 August 2002 09:53 pm, Ron Weatherston wrote: > I'm not able to mount devices (such as a CD-ROM drive) as a normal user > despite the fact that I own the mount point that I'm trying to mount to= =2E > Ther error message I get is: mount_cd9660: /dev/acd0c: Operation not > permitted. What gives? Also, is there a mount option that will allow > users to mount devices on the same mount point. Here's what I mean: If > I have /cdrom as a mont point defined in fstab for my cd drive how can > I allow all users (not just root) use this mount point. I'm not worried > about security too much as I'm the only one who uses my machine and > I don't have an always-on internet connection. I know in Linux you can > specify the "user" mount option but looking through the man pages for > both fstab and mount I could not find anything like this. If someone > could shed a little light on this for a relatively inexperienced FreeBS= D > user I'd really appreciate it. Thanks in advance. >=20 > rdw@buffalo.edu >=20 >=20 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message >=20 >=20 I add this line to my /etc/sysctl.conf: vfs.usermount=3D1 That does the trick for me. You can ofcourse set this manually without h= aving=20 to reboot. --=20 Anish Mistry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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