Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 11:27:55 -0700 (PDT) From: <keith@mail.telestream.com> To: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> Cc: Jan Pfeifer <janpf@iname.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: allow users to mount CD Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10008141124590.3139-100000@mail.telestream.com> In-Reply-To: <14744.14145.199363.850926@guru.mired.org>
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I'm a TOTAL nfs/amd newbie but wouldn't it also be possible to setup amd to mount the cd with the proper perms on it, having nfs/amd basicaly do the perms according to what's in your /etc/exports file? Keith ================================= Keith W. At the helm <for better or worse> My non work related site www.cydonia.net ================================= On Mon, 14 Aug 2000, Mike Meyer wrote: > Jan Pfeifer writes: > > How do I let users mount a CD, or any other mount point ? > > This question was answered just last week. Basically, you add > "vfs.usermount=1" to /etc/sysctl.conf (creating it if you need to), > chmod the cd devices to mode 660, put the users you want to be able to > mount things in group operator (which owns the CD devices by default; > fix that or use the group that owns them instead if this isn't the > case), then reboot the system. > > Users in group operator can then mount cds on directories *they* own. > > > ps2.: I wanted to avoid to make a suid script to do this ... > > Suid scripts are a very bad idea, so that's a good thing to avoid. If > the above doesn't work, make it a C program instead of a script. > > <mike > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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