mounting directory as unprivileged user

permalink · #1 (**permalink**) 02-15-2008, 04:51 PM

Hi all,

Just wondering if theres an easy way to allow normal users to mount a
particular directory, without having root privileges, or using asroot?

Thanks in advance,

Ben.

permalink · #2 (**permalink**) 02-15-2008, 04:51 PM

Ben Halicki wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Just wondering if theres an easy way to allow normal users to mount a
> particular directory, without having root privileges, or using asroot?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Ben.

When you run "mkdev fs", doesn't it ask you exactly that?

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permalink · #3 (**permalink**) 02-15-2008, 04:51 PM

In article <63cd0f02.0503292032.5265c1d9@posting.google.com >,
Ben Halicki <bhalicki@dodo.com.au> wrote:
>Just wondering if theres an easy way to allow normal users to mount a
>particular directory, without having root privileges, or using asroot?

Setting 'mount=yes' for a filesystem in /etc/default/filesys will allow
an unprivileged user to mount a filesystem using 'mnt'. See the mnt and
filesys man pages.

John
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John DuBois spcecdt@armory.com KC6QKZ/AE http://www.armory.com/~spcecdt/

permalink · #4 (**permalink**) 02-15-2008, 04:52 PM

spcecdt@armory.com (John DuBois) wrote in message news:<114m6723pt297c8@corp.supernews.com>...
> In article <63cd0f02.0503292032.5265c1d9@posting.google.com >,
> Ben Halicki <bhalicki@dodo.com.au> wrote:
> >Just wondering if theres an easy way to allow normal users to mount a
> >particular directory, without having root privileges, or using asroot?
>
> Setting 'mount=yes' for a filesystem in /etc/default/filesys will allow
> an unprivileged user to mount a filesystem using 'mnt'. See the mnt and
> filesys man pages.
>
> John

Thanks for that info John, that solved the problem

Regards,

Ben.

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