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Date:      Mon, 26 Aug 2002 19:31:13 +1200
From:      Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
To:        Giant <joko@prosys.co.id>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Help
Message-ID:  <20020826073113.GA8948@grimoire.chen.org.nz>
In-Reply-To: <014001c24caa$b604e2c0$da1502df@lmsidi>
References:  <014001c24caa$b604e2c0$da1502df@lmsidi>

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On Mon, Aug 26, 2002 at 09:45:59AM +0700, Giant wrote:
> Why can't i mount cd or harddisk with user account? always prompt with some error msg that said only root that can do it. what should i do?
> 

su to root and mount it. Users shouldn't be able to mount cdroms and
harddisks. If there were able to, they could mount a CD/HD containing
a root suid program and totally trash your system.
-- 
Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
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