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Date:      Mon, 30 Nov 1998 13:59:03 -0800 (PST)
From:      "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu>
To:        Philippe CASIDY <pcasidy@worldnet.fr>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: How to allow users to mount devices?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9811301357460.2015-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199811302152.WAA00322@greatoak>

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On Mon, 30 Nov 1998, Philippe CASIDY wrote:

>I want to allow some users to mount the cdrom or the floppy.
>I have tried to change the permissions on the mount point and the
>/dev/xx.
>All I have is a 'Operation not permitted'
>Thanks

Look at the 'sudo' software. It allows specified users to perform allowed
actions that would normally require root priveleges.

Catchya Later,		|	UW Mechanical Engineering
Jason Wells		|	http://weber.u.washington.edu/~jcwells/


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