Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2004 23:38:32 +0200 From: Simon Barner <barner@in.tum.de> To: jobse@yapost.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: allowing users to mount cdrom Message-ID: <20040703213832.GA4580@zi025.glhnet.mhn.de> In-Reply-To: <1088888955.680.15.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <1088888955.680.15.camel@localhost.localdomain>
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--LQksG6bCIzRHxTLp Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline jobse wrote: > Dear List, > When trying to mount the cdrom I get Operation not permitted. > sysctl: vfs.usermount=0(what does that mean and how can I *permanently* > change it to 1) It means, that users are not allowed to mount file systems. To change it, run (as root) # sysctl vfs.usermount=1 To make this permanent, add vfs.usermount=1 to /etc/sysctl.conf. Now, regular users are allowed to mount file systems on directories they own. > I'd rather not set the sticky bit on mount/umount if I mustn't. s/sticky/suid/ Simon --LQksG6bCIzRHxTLp Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFA5ydYCkn+/eutqCoRAkZPAKDkNulGVPax0tdfmsoMUdKsOwCrBACg2Irj QfMK78WxHdrsioAsE6B2gLk= =ilrh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --LQksG6bCIzRHxTLp--
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