According to Gernot Kerschbaumer: While burning my CPU.
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> dear linux-users,
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> i can't mount a vfat partition as ordinary user, only as root, though i
> declared this partition in my fstab file as "user".
> i always get the error 'cant't access /etc/mtab: permission denied'.
> same problem is with my external hd and cdrom drive.
Then /etc/mtab and fstab are not -rw-r--r-- they should be.
chmod 644 /etc/fstab
chmod 644 /etc/mtab
That changes them to read-only for users which should allow your users to
mount.
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> running 2.0.35, slackware distribution
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> thank you for any help
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> dipl.ing. gernot kerschbaumer
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Regards Richard.
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