On Thu, Jan 06, 2000 at 09:34:50PM -0800, Serge Rey wrote:
> I'd like to configure fstab so that normal users can mount, read and
> write an internal zip drive
> Currently, I'm only able to to mount it as root.
>
> I've read the mini-how to and added the following line to my /etc/fstab
> file and rebooted:
>
> /dev/hdd4 /zip vfat noauto,rw,user,nosuid,sync,mode=0777
>
> however, after this, when a user issues
>
> mount -t vfat /dev/hdd4 /zip
>
> the response is "only root can do that"
A user may only supply a device name -or- a mount point.
Only root may supply both. If you only supply the device, the
correct mount point will get looked up in /etc/fstab, and vice-versa.
a user should be able to mount it with either
mount /dev/hdd4
or
mount /zip
you also *must not* specify a filesystem type (-t). This will get looked up
in /etc/fstab as well.
have fun
greg
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