Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 07:59:47 +0200 From: Marc Silver <marcs@draenor.org> To: Tyler Spivey <tyler@wapvi.bc.ca>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: User-mounting floppies (was Re: stupid questions) Message-ID: <20000605075947.M50166@draenor.org> In-Reply-To: <20000605112441.B29284@physics.iisc.ernet.in>; from rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in on Mon, Jun 05, 2000 at 11:24:41AM %2B0530 References: <200006050203.TAA14925@viper.wapvi.bc.ca> <20000605073455.L50166@draenor.org> <20000605112441.B29284@physics.iisc.ernet.in>
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I still believe that for security reasons, only root should be allowed to add/remove file systems. You're opening yourself to a world of hurt if you take this approach (imho). It all depends on how much access you want to give your users, how much you trust them, and how you weigh security Vs. ease of use for users. Just my two cents, Marc On Mon, Jun 05, 2000 at 11:24:41AM +0530, Rahul Siddharthan wrote: > This command works only if you're root, though. What happens if you > don't want to be root every time you use a floppy? > > I received the following answer from someone some time back. Since it > gets asked pretty often, I think it deserves to be in the FAQ, and if > there's nothing terribly dangerous about it, here it is for possible > inclusion: > > (1) As root, change the permissions on the floppy device (/dev/fd0 > or whatever) to allow reads/writes by users. > (2) As root, set the sysctl vfs.usermount to 1 > (3) As ordinary user, create a mount point within your home directory. > ie, > # chmod a+w /dev/fd0 > # sysctl -w vfs.usermount=1 > $ mkdir ~/floppy > > Then you should be able to mount with the following command: > $ mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 ~/floppy > > Rahul. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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