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Date:      Fri, 24 Mar 2000 09:03:43 +1200
From:      Jonathan Chen <jonc@logisticsoftware.co.nz>
To:        matteotti <carloma@bluewin.ch>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: mounting floppies and cd's
Message-ID:  <20000324090343.B57542@jonc.logisticsoftware.co.nz>
In-Reply-To: <38D9F4A1.997811ED@bluewin.ch>; from carloma@bluewin.ch on Thu, Mar 23, 2000 at 11:40:33AM %2B0100
References:  <38D9F4A1.997811ED@bluewin.ch>

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On Thu, Mar 23, 2000 at 11:40:33AM +0100, matteotti wrote:

> Friends,
> 
> I am trying to set up /etc/fstab such that it be possible to mount
> floppies and cdroms as normal user (not root).
> 
> I tried the same option flags as I have under Linux. i.e.
> /dev/fd0      /floppy     msdos    user,noauto,rw (some more) 0    0
>                                                  ^^^^^
> 
> When I try to mount a floppy as normal user there is the followin error
> message
> 
> mount -o: user option not supported :-(
> (the same for cdrom)

The "user" option in your fstab is NOT supported as it is a major
security hole.

Jonathan Chen
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