HI, > On a mostly Etch system with this line in /etc/fstab > /dev/hda5 /d msdos defaults,rw,user,umask=0001 0 0 > user mike can mount the partition and write to it but not remount it > read only in any way I can discover.
to make the partition mounted readonly, simply change rw (read write) to ro (read only) in the fstab row: /dev/hda5 /d msdos defaults,ro,users,umask=0001 0 0 > mike@/deb40:~> mount -o remount,ro /d > mount: only root can do that for this issue you can use sudo (for more info: # man sudoers). For example, your sudoers file could be: # /etc/sudoers # # This file MUST be edited with the 'visudo' command as root. # # See the man page for details on how to write a sudoers file. # Defaults env_reset # Host alias specification # User alias specification # Cmnd alias specification Cmnd_Alias MOUNT = /bin/mount Cmnd_Alias UMOUNT = /bin/umount # User privilege specification root ALL=(ALL) ALL # Uncomment to allow members of group sudo to not need a password # (Note that later entries override this, so you might need to move # it further down) # %sudo ALL=NOPASSWD: ALL mike ALL = NOPASSWD: MOUNT, UMOUNT But in this case mike will be able to use mount for any partition. Hope this helps you.