atom feed17 messages in org.freebsd.freebsd-stableRe: fstab mount options
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Harry PutnamJul 3, 2000 2:10 pm 
Vivek KheraJul 3, 2000 2:22 pm 
Crist J. ClarkJul 3, 2000 2:34 pm 
Brad KnowlesJul 3, 2000 3:07 pm 
Udo ErdelhoffJul 3, 2000 3:13 pm 
Crist J. ClarkJul 3, 2000 4:30 pm 
Harry PutnamJul 3, 2000 4:40 pm 
Brad KnowlesJul 4, 2000 12:54 am 
David MaloneJul 4, 2000 2:02 am 
David MaloneJul 4, 2000 2:08 am 
AMAKAWA ShuheiJul 4, 2000 2:12 am 
Jonathan SmithJul 4, 2000 6:31 am 
Peter RadcliffeJul 4, 2000 11:14 am 
Jonathan MichaelsJul 4, 2000 4:10 pm 
Vivek KheraJul 5, 2000 7:05 am 
Vivek KheraJul 5, 2000 7:12 am 
David O'BrienJul 6, 2000 1:56 pm 
Subject:Re: fstab mount options
From:Harry Putnam (rea@newsguy.com)
Date:Jul 3, 2000 4:40:14 pm
List:org.freebsd.freebsd-stable

Vivek Khera <khe@kciLink.com> writes:

"HP" == Harry Putnam <rea@newsguy.com> writes:

[...]

You need to turn on a sysctl to allow user mounts, then adjust file permissions to allow specific file systems to be mounted by the user. For example, from my Xstartup script (run by kdm):

[...]

All the responses seem to deal with removable devices. A private poster pointed out that this question is asked repeated and is in the FAQ at: http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/admin.html#AEN2551

So I guess I've stepped into a FAQ, but this also deals with removable media. Its not clear if `sysctl' can be used on disk devices too. I didn't mention it in my original post but I mainly wanted to allow users to mount a dos partition.

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