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Malcolm
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> Thanks
>
> Desmond
>
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lowell Gilbert
> Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 12:01 PM
> To: Desmond Lee
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: allowing non root u
Lowell Gilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Desmond Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > I don't understand how editing /etc/fbtab will help me provide a
> > mounting point that is accessible to everyone. I believe that fbtab will
> > just set the permissions of the device to whatever is specif
Desmond Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I don't understand how editing /etc/fbtab will help me provide a
> mounting point that is accessible to everyone. I believe that fbtab will
> just set the permissions of the device to whatever is specified in that
> file.
Yes, but it can also set the owne
/floppy to be accessible to anyone?
Thanks
Desmond
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lowell Gilbert
Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 12:01 PM
To: Desmond Lee
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: allowing non root users to mount
Desmond L
Desmond Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I followed the instructions on the FAQ section about making non-root
> users able to mount file systems and that worked fine, but it only works
> if the target of the mounting point is accessible by that user.
Right. You want that for security reasons.
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: allowing non root users to mount
Desmond Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> However, can you do this on freeBSD? I mean, with RedHat it does it
for
> you so that you have a floppy and cdrom icon on your desktop. But can
> you do that w/ freeBSD?
Desmond Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> However, can you do this on freeBSD? I mean, with RedHat it does it for
> you so that you have a floppy and cdrom icon on your desktop. But can
> you do that w/ freeBSD? I don't think so cause if there is no floppy/zip
> disk/ or cdRom in the drive when yo
- Original Message -
From: "Desmond Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 12:49 PM
Subject: allowing non root users to mount
> Hello
>
> I'm trying to set up my system so that it can automatically mount some
> file
