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...

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Andrew Farmer
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