By default, cdrom is /dev/acd0c is only mountable by root in FreeBSD. You
can make it mountable by normal users by changing the /etc/fstab entry to
users,ro,noauto
/dev/acd0c /cdrom cd9660 users,ro,noauto 0 0
Pavan Balaji,
Intel Corporation
"Only the Paranoid Survive" -- Andy Grove
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Mazerski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 5:14 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: /cdrom for normal users?
>
>
>
> Is it the "done thing" in FreeBSD for normal users to mount CD-ROMs
> in a local directory rather than /cdrom?
>
> As a normal user all I get is this:
>
> localuser > mount /cdrom
> cd9660: /dev/acd0c: Operation not permitted
>
> despite changing the permissions on both the CD-ROM device and /cdrom
> to 660 and ensuring the local user is in the relevant groups
>
> I can mount CD-ROMs in a directory owned by the normal user.
>
> I ask because in Linux, /cdrom is generally useable as a mount point
> by all users. It's not a problem, just wondering.
>
> For reference:
>
> the relevant line in /etc/fstab:
>
> /dev/acd0c /cdrom cd9660 ro,noauto
> 0 0
>
> vfs.usermount is set to 1, and yes, I have read this page:
>
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/disks.htm
l#USER-FLOPPYMOUNT
S.Mazerski
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