> Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 21:40:00 +0300
> From: Eygene Ryabinkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> 
> Good day.
> 
> Thu, Feb 07, 2008 at 06:33:30PM +0000, lysergius2001 wrote:
> > Ah!  That helps.  Still cannot mount floppy except as root?
> 
> Set vfs.usermount=1 in /etc/sysctl.conf and restart sysctl via
> '/etc/rc.d/sysctl restart'.  But be aware of security implications:
> anyone will be able to mount devices that are opened to him/her via
> filesystem permissions.

While adding "vfs.usermount=1" to /etc/sysctl is needed to make the
sysctl carry over reboots, you don't need to start sysctl again. Just:
sysctl vfs.usermount=1
will do the trick.
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