On Sun, 2004-01-04 at 08:31, Stacey Roberts wrote: > Hello, > Thanks for the reply. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tom McLaughlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" > To: To Stacey Roberts > Date: Sun, 04 Jan, 2004 05:48 GMT > Subject: Re: Mount /cdrom as non-root user - does this actually work for anyone? > > > On Sat, 2004-01-03 at 20:13, Stacey Roberts wrote: > > > Hello, > > > Thanks for the reply.., > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Gautam Gopalakrishnan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" > > > To: To Stacey Roberts > > > Date: Sun, 04 Jan, 2004 00:59 GMT > > > Subject: Re: Mount /cdrom as non-root user - does this actually work for anyone? > > > > > > > On Sun, Jan 04, 2004 at 12:53:52AM +0000, Stacey Roberts wrote: > > > > > Hello, > > > > > As root I can mount and read the CD fine.., checking for non-root user: > > > > > exit > > > > > ~ $ mount /cdrom > > > > > cd9660: /dev/acd0c: Operation not permitted > > > > > ~ $ mount -t cd9660 /dev/acd0c ~/cdrom > > > > > cd9660: /dev/acd0c: Operation not permitted > > > > > ~ $ > > > > > > > > > > Attempting to mount to mount-point in user home dir: > > > > > ~ $ cd ~ > > > > > ~ $ pwd > > > > > /home/stacey > > > > > ~ $ ls -ltra cdrom > > > > > total 6 > > > > > drwxr-xr-x 2 stacey stacey 512 Jan 3 23:50 ./ > > > > > drwxr-xr-x 31 stacey stacey 2560 Jan 3 23:50 ../ > > > > > ~ $ mount -t cd9660 /dev/acd0c ~/cdrom > > > > > cd9660: /dev/acd0c: Operation not permitted > > > > > ~ $ > > > > > > > > chmod +s /sbin/umount /sbin/mount > > > > > > > > works fine for me (without any other changes necessary). Don't know > > > > if it's the recommended procedure though. > > > > > > > > > > Nor I, to be honest.., I'm not sure about setting the suid bit on mount.., Given > > > that the HandBook provides what I thought would have been straight-forward > > > instructions on what (presumably) is I hoped is a simple procedure.., I'd not > > > want to start making undocumented config changes. > > > > > > Thanks all the same for taking the time to respond. > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > Stacey > > > > > > > Gautam > > > > > > > > Stacey, what are permissions of /dev/acd0c? The handbook example > > changes the permissions of a SCSI cdrom. I made the mistake of not > > noticing this when I first tried to do make my cdrom user mountable. > > > > $ ls -la /dev/acd* > crw-r----- 4 root operator 117, 0 Nov 9 14:21 /dev/acd0a > crw-r----- 4 root operator 117, 0 Nov 9 14:21 /dev/acd0c > $ > > That's what the permissions are like after running through the procedure in the > HandBook. On that note, fr the record, on all machines, there are IDE CDROM drives > and one IDE CD-RW drive that I've got here. > > Thanks again. > > Regards, > > Stacey > > > Tom > >
Stacey, do `chmod 666 /dev/acd0c`. That will give the first IDE cdrom drive the correct permissions. You should be able to pop in a disk and mount it in your directory then. [EMAIL PROTECTED] tom]$ ls -al /dev/acd* crw-rw-rw- 4 root operator 117, 0 Dec 18 00:53 /dev/acd0a crw-rw-rw- 4 root operator 117, 0 Dec 18 00:53 /dev/acd0c ... crw-rw-rw- 4 root operator 117, 8 Dec 18 00:53 /dev/acd1a crw-rw-rw- 4 root operator 117, 8 Dec 18 00:53 /dev/acd1c Tom _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
