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Date:      Wed, 25 Aug 1999 09:36:57 +0200
From:      Neil Blakey-Milner <nbm@mithrandr.moria.org>
To:        jkoshy@FreeBSD.ORG
Cc:        freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: New FAQ entry
Message-ID:  <19990825093657.A9956@rucus.ru.ac.za>
In-Reply-To: <199908240911.CAA76582@freefall.freebsd.org>; from jkoshy@FreeBSD.ORG on Tue, Aug 24, 1999 at 02:11:51AM -0700
References:  <199908240911.CAA76582@freefall.freebsd.org>

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On Tue 1999-08-24 (02:11), jkoshy@FreeBSD.ORG wrote:
> Comments solicited on the following FAQ entry:
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> Q: Can ordinary users mount floppies and other removable media?
> 
> A: Yes, they can, but this feature is not enabled by default in FreeBSD.
>    Here is how to allow non-root users to mount devices:

Me again - I submitted a patch to the rc system which allowed for the
setting of vfs.usermount based on a variable which defaults to NO in
defaults/rc.conf.

If that gets in, we should mention it.

Neil
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Neil Blakey-Milner
nbm@rucus.ru.ac.za


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