Re: Mounting CDROM as user under 5.x

2004-01-01 Thread Dany
The operator trick worked. Thanks again and happy new year. Since I've started the FreeBSD experience, I've collected about 20 pages of tips and tricks to get stuff running. I will probably publish something so others can enjoy it. Dany Harald Schmalzbauer wrote: On Wednesday 31 December

Re: Mounting CDROM as user under 5.x

2003-12-31 Thread Andrew L. Gould
On Tuesday 30 December 2003 11:39 pm, Dany wrote: Hello, Because I didn't get any response on BSDforums, I've decided to try my chance here. I'm trying to get my single user (belonging to the wheel group) mounting a CD drive under 5.x using devfs (5.2RC2). Could somebody post a very simple

Re: Mounting CDROM as user under 5.x

2003-12-31 Thread Harald Schmalzbauer
On Wednesday 31 December 2003 10:08, Andrew L. Gould wrote: On Tuesday 30 December 2003 11:39 pm, Dany wrote: Hello, Because I didn't get any response on BSDforums, I've decided to try my chance here. I'm trying to get my single user (belonging to the wheel group) mounting a CD

Re: Mounting CDROM as user under 5.x

2003-12-31 Thread Dany
I'v checked my kernel config and it had the Options CD9660. Beside the mounting problem as I said the user cannot use the linked device (/dev/dvd) to just watch a DVD (not need for mounting, just access to the device). Can you post the system configuration files that you're using in order to

Re: Mounting CDROM as user under 5.x

2003-12-31 Thread Harald Schmalzbauer
On Wednesday 31 December 2003 15:48, Dany wrote: I'v checked my kernel config and it had the Options CD9660. Beside the mounting problem as I said the user cannot use the linked device (/dev/dvd) to just watch a DVD (not need for mounting, just access to the device). Can you post the system

Re: Mounting CDROM as user under 5.x

2003-12-31 Thread Harald Schmalzbauer
On Wednesday 31 December 2003 16:07, Dany wrote: Harald Schmalzbauer wrote: *SNIP* This is pretty much what I've tried. My user is in the Wheel group. Would this exact configuration work ?Should I set any other permission in order to have the user from the wheel group to mount drives?

Re: Mounting CDROM as user under 5.x

2003-12-31 Thread Dany
Thanks Harry for taking the time to answer my questions. I think based on your comments it should work. Is there any security concern having a user belonging to the group operator ? Thanks again Dany Harald Schmalzbauer wrote: On Wednesday 31 December 2003 16:07, Dany wrote: Harald

Re: Mounting CDROM as user under 5.x

2003-12-31 Thread Harald Schmalzbauer
On Wednesday 31 December 2003 16:37, Dany wrote: Thanks Harry for taking the time to answer my questions. I think based on your comments it should work. Is there any security concern having a user belonging to the group operator ? I never really cared about. AnonFTP is owned by operator, but

Re: Mounting CDROM as user under 5.x

2003-12-31 Thread Jason Bacon
If anyone's interested in a programmed solution, you can download my supermounter from http://www.neuro.mcw.edu/~bacon/fmri.html. It runs SUID root (you can change this to SUID whatever you want by modifying the Install script if you're concerned about security) and lets you specify which

Mounting CDROM as user under 5.x

2003-12-30 Thread Dany
Hello, Because I didn't get any response on BSDforums, I've decided to try my chance here. I'm trying to get my single user (belonging to the wheel group) mounting a CD drive under 5.x using devfs (5.2RC2). Could somebody post a very simple howto showing the files to modify ? Thanx So far