On Wednesday 25 October 2006 20:18, Lane wrote: > I guess I don't know how to ask google and "man fstab" the correct way ... > > How can I grant a non-root user the authority to mount (and then write to) > a usb "key" drive? Especially when said user is already "up in" kde? > > The drive works fine if "root" mounts it, but I'd rather not be root when I > do this on my laptop. And opening a konsole window, "su"ing and then > mounting , is cumbersome. > > I've been looking at "man devfs.rules," as this seems to be near the place > I want to be. But I haven't quite fingered out a way... > > Ya'll don't gotta just tell me the answer, if you don't want. I'm a "man" > man, so to speak. I'm eager to look it up myself, only I don't rightly > know whereinaheck to look. > > Thanks, > > lane
In /etc/devfs.rules I have: [devfsrules_local=15] add path 'da*' mode 0777 and in /etc/rc.conf I have: devfs_system_ruleset="devfsrules_local" and in /etc/fstab: #user mounts for umass devices /dev/da0s1 /home/myhome/usbdrive msdosfs rw,noauto 0 0 and it works in KDE. -- FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT #1: Sat Oct 7 15:11:02 EDT 2006 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/CLK01A PGP? : http://www.clkroot.net/security/nb_root.asc
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