Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 08:19:59 -0800 (PST) From: SteveFriedrich@Hot-Shot.com To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: bin/9056: enhance mount/fstab with "user" option, to allow unpriv user ability to mount specific device Message-ID: <199812111619.IAA24013@hub.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 9056 >Category: bin >Synopsis: enhance mount/fstab with "user" option, to allow unpriv user ability to mount specific device >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri Dec 11 08:30:01 PST 1998 >Last-Modified: >Originator: Steve Friedrich >Organization: >Release: 2.2.8 >Environment: na >Description: KDE has device objects that call mount directly. FreeBSD's mount requires root authority. Linux has a "user" option in their fstab, presumably allowing an average user to mount that device. I've worked around the problem in KDE by creating mount and umount object which call sudo (and I added user to sudoers with NOPASSWD option). This hack is ugly and embarrassing when Linux friends visit. Please enhance FreeBSD's mount/fstab with "user" option. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: Create Floppy A/B and/or CDROM device object on KDE desktop. Can't use the object's mount feature if not logged in as root. >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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