On Sun, Apr 23, 2006 at 10:41:22AM -0700, Allen Brown wrote: > Mr O wrote: > >The trouble is root can do it all. I'm not looking to add an > >entry to fstab unless neccessary. I tend to mount different > >devices to different directories. For instance, if only one > >device is plugged in it is /dev/sdb. So I may mount it to > >/mnt/camera or /mnt/usb. Now, what if I plug in a second USB > >device? Naturally it will be /dev/sdc so I'd mount it somewhere. > >Is there an "easy" (non-GUI) way to give permission for the user > >to write to those devices? I've tried to chown the folder to the > >username but once the device is mounted permissions are changed > >to root:root. Any other tips or tricks? > > > >That be all, > >Mr O. > > Why are you avoiding /etc/fstab? That seems to me like it > would be the best solution. > > The only alternative I can think of is sudo. No wait, there > is another. You could suid /bin/mount to root. I recommend > against this since it would be a security hole.
could be tightened considerably by only allowing a certain trusted group (maybe operator?) permission to execute /bin/mount. this is how shutdown(8) is set up on OpenBSD: $ ls -l `which shutdown` -r-sr-x--- 1 root operator 191824 Apr 3 15:45 /sbin/shutdown $ -- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
