Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 18:57:46 -0400 From: Natty Rebel <dervish@ikhala.tcimet.net> To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: Volker Stolz <stolz@Pool.Informatik.RWTH-Aachen.DE> Subject: Re: [mount.c]: Option "user"-patch Message-ID: <19990829185746.A2123@ikhala.tcimet.net> In-Reply-To: <199908292203.WAA00408@orthanc.koshy.org>; from JK3 on Sun, Aug 29, 1999 at 10:03:40PM %2B0000 References: <19990829122417.A21619@jennifer.informatik.rwth-aachen.de> <199908292203.WAA00408@orthanc.koshy.org>
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Quoting JK3 (jk3@bgl.vsnl.net.in): > > vs> I whacked mount and umount into shape for using an option "user" in > [snip] > vs> http://www-i2.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/~stolz/mount.diff > vs> http://www-i2.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/~stolz/umount.diff. > > vs> Discussion welcome! > > You can allow non-root users to mount and unmount devices if > the sysctl variable "vfs.usermount" is set to "1". > > For example, here's what you need to do to allow floppies to > be mounted: > > As `root': > 1. # chmod 777 /dev/fd0 # give perms to access the device > 2. # sysctl -w vfs.usermount=1 > > Now users can mount and umount the floppies: > 3. $ mkdir ~/my-mount-point > 4. $ mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 ~/my-mount-point > 5. $ umount ~/my-mount-point > > A FAQ entry covering this point is being reviewed and should shortly > be committed. This procedure can be automated by entering the following command in /etc/rc.sysctl sysctl -w vfs.usermount=1 > > Regards, > Koshy > > #:^) -- natty rebel harder than the rest ... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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