Date: 29 Aug 2003 00:01:09 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: allowing non root users to mount Message-ID: <44bru93yey.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <000101c36de0$9c1883a0$6501a8c0@croydon> References: <000101c36de0$9c1883a0$6501a8c0@croydon>
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Desmond Lee <desmond.lee@shaw.ca> writes: > However, can you do this on freeBSD? I mean, with RedHat it does it for > you so that you have a floppy and cdrom icon on your desktop. But can > you do that w/ freeBSD? I don't think so cause if there is no floppy/zip > disk/ or cdRom in the drive when you mount, it will return you an error. > So trying to mount these on boot is not right... is this correct? The usual approach for this is an automounter: see amd(8). > Is there any way that I can get no root users to mount files systems > like cdrom, zip and floppy? Yes. See the FreeBSD FAQ: "How do I let ordinary users mount floppies, CDROMs and other removable media?" > I tried to look this up and some people said to use the "user" option in > the /etc/fstab file, but this didn't work. That advice is for Linux.
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