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Date:      Tue, 11 Sep 2001 12:39:11 -0400
From:      dochawk@psu.edu
To:        Carl Tucker <flestrin@worldnet.att.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: mounting cdrom by user 
Message-ID:  <200109111639.f8BGdB349912@fac13.ds.psu.edu>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 10 Sep 2001 20:45:54 -1000." <20010910204554.A18222@bullwinkle.local> 

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carl cuestoned,

> Is it possible for a non-privileged user to mount/umount the cdrom?

> ISTR in Linux, you could put an option on the entry in /etc/fstab
> to allow non-root users to mount it, but I don't see it in
> man fstab or man mount.

Generally, you must own a drectory, not merely have rwx, to mount.

hawk


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