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Date:      29 Aug 2003 18:52:02 -0400
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com>
To:        Desmond Lee <desmond.lee@shaw.ca>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: allowing non root users to mount
Message-ID:  <44n0dst6ul.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <000801c36e78$fda8e0e0$6501a8c0@croydon>
References:  <000801c36e78$fda8e0e0$6501a8c0@croydon>

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Desmond Lee <desmond.lee@shaw.ca> writes:

> I don't understand how editing /etc/fbtab will help me provide a
> mounting point that is accessible to everyone. I believe that fbtab will
> just set the permissions of the device to whatever is specified in that
> file.

Yes, but it can also set the ownership of the directory.  Users can
only mount onto directories that they own (this is mentioned a number
of times in the FAQ entry, as well as in the manual page for
mount_msdos(8)).  



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