--- vext01 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi all,
I have been using freebsd for my web/database/music
server for a while and it
has performed flawlessly. good good! However
recently I installed freebsd on
my desktop too. I can do the things I want to, it
just seems that i need to
be root to do a lot of things. If I didnt have root,
I would be screwed.
One point I find annoying is that I cant workout how
a normal user can
unmount a fs. I have created ~/cdrom and put an
fstab entry in for it. The
device is /dev/acd0 (777 for now). vfs.usermount=1.
I can mount the share,
but not unmount it. For now I have chmod +s
/sbin/umount. This is bad and i
wouldnt appreciate a normal user unmounting my hard
disks. What is the proper
way?? My version is 5.2-release.
Also is there any guides online that tell you how
freebsd can be configured
as a desktop machine?
Thanks
vext01
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I hope these help.
Simple FreeBSD installation yields functional desktop
system:
http://www.newsforge.com/os/04/01/05/211225.shtml?tid=8tid=82tid=94
Desktop FreeBSD Part 2: Initial Setup
http://www.ofb.biz/modules.php?name=Newsfile=articlesid=282
Desktop FreeBSD Part 1: Installation
http://www.ofb.biz/modules.php?name=Newsfile=articlesid=272
Instant workstation installs a typical set of ports
for a workstation.:
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/url.cgi?ports/misc/instant-workstation/pkg-descr
FreeBSD 5.2 Lacks Polishing In Some Areas but Rules in
Others:
http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=5821
A series of good articls.
http://www.onlamp.com/bsd/
As for mounting and unmounting a cdrom and etc., check
out:
9.22. How do I let ordinary users mount floppies,
CDROMs and other removable media?
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/disks.html#USER-FLOPPYMOUNT
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