On Sun, 29 Aug 1999, Natty Rebel wrote:
> Quoting JK3 (j...@bgl.vsnl.net.in):
> >
> > vs> I whacked mount and umount into shape for using an option "user" in
> > [snip]
> > vs> http://www-i2.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/~stolz/mount.diff
> > vs> http://www-i2.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/~stolz/umount.diff.
> >
> > vs> Discussion welcome!
> >
> > You can allow non-root users to mount and unmount devices if
> > the sysctl variable "vfs.usermount" is set to "1".
> >
> > For example, here's what you need to do to allow floppies to
> > be mounted:
> >
> > As `root':
> > 1. # chmod 777 /dev/fd0 # give perms to access the device
> > 2. # sysctl -w vfs.usermount=1
> >
> > Now users can mount and umount the floppies:
> > 3. $ mkdir ~/my-mount-point
> > 4. $ mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 ~/my-mount-point
> > 5. $ umount ~/my-mount-point
> >
> > A FAQ entry covering this point is being reviewed and should shortly
> > be committed.
> This procedure can be automated by entering the following command
> in /etc/rc.sysctl
> sysctl -w vfs.usermount=1
>
Maybe it's just me, but I think you are confusing this with
{Net|Open}BSD. /etc/rc.sysctl does not exist in FreeBSD.
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