On Fri, 07 Nov 2003 15:38:01 -0800, Norbert Kamenicky muttered: > Stephen Boulet wrote: > > >What do I have to change to get this working? > > > >$ mount -t iso9660 -o ro,loop=/dev/loop0 bootcd.iso mnt/ > >mount: only root can do that > I have seen the advices you received, and have another solution: > > just add a line to /etc/fstab and put "user" option to options column > > The complete line can look like this: > > path_to/bootcd.iso /mnt iso9660 noauto,user,loop 0 0 > > and any user can mount it, there is no need to be root :-)
Well, the problem is that you can only mount an image as a user if the image and mountpoint are specified in the fstab. I still don't know why mount (or the kernel or something) can't start allowing mounts of a file readable by a user over a directory the user owns... -- Andrew Farmer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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