Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 21:22:07 -0700 From: Chip <chip@wiegand.org> To: "Michael G." <mikegoe@earthlink.net> Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, Herbert Pirke <freebsd_help@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: Mounting CD-Roms as a normal user Message-ID: <39F7B16F.ABCF0ED6@wiegand.org> References: <200010260326.UAA06806@harrier.prod.itd.earthlink.net>
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I'm jumping in here to say thanks, your advise worked perfectly. I really didn't like su'ing just to mount and umount disks. -- Chip W. www.wiegand.org Alternative Operating Systems "Michael G." wrote: > > You first need to make sure your "user" is in the group wheel, then > as root type "chmod 4550 /sbin/mound_cd9660". You will need to do > the same to "umount" to unmount the cd as well. This is what I > run after I've upgraded my system to -Stable and I've never had a > problem. > > Later... > > Michae G. > > On Wed, 25 Oct 2000 03:00:12 -0700 (PDT), Herbert Pirke wrote: > > >Hi! > > > >This is probably a stupid question. God, it's so > >difficult to cover the fact beeing a newbee... > > > >I installed FreeBSD 4.0 for the first time and > >realised, that I can't mount my CD-rom as a normal > >user. The file attributes of the device and the > >mounting directory give access to all users. But it > >still says somthing like "mounting not permitted...". > > > >Can anybody help me with this embarrasing problem? > > > >Herbert > > > >__________________________________________________ > >Do You Yahoo!? > >Yahoo! Messenger - Talk while you surf! It's FREE. > >http://im.yahoo.com/ > > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > Buick Performance...Driving fast with Class > Passing everything but gas stations > > 71 Skylark Custom > > ICQ #24517082 mikegoe@earthlink.net > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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