Thanks Tomas, I have set kern.usermount=1 now and added myself to the operator group, but still get operation denied when trying to mount a cdrom.
Does the below look right? Thank you $ sysctl kern.usermount kern.usermount=1 $ groups laurence wheel operator $ ls -l / | grep cdrom drwxrwxr-x 2 root operator 512 Nov 8 14:29 cdrom $ ls -l /dev/cd* brwxrw---- 1 root operator 6, 0 Nov 8 14:13 /dev/cd0a brw-rw---- 1 root operator 6, 2 Nov 8 14:13 /dev/cd0c brw-r----- 1 root operator 6, 16 Nov 8 14:13 /dev/cd1a brw-r----- 1 root operator 6, 18 Nov 8 14:13 /dev/cd1c On 12 November 2013 12:48, Tomas Bodzar <tomas.bod...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 11:08 PM, Laurence Rochfort > <laurence.rochf...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> I'm trying to configure my laptop so that a normal user may mount a >> CD/DVD or playback a DVD in Xine. >> >> So far I've just put an entry in /etc/fbtab. /cdrom permissions look >> OK, but the devices themselves less so. > > > > Check sysctl kern.usermount option > >> >> >> What are the consequences of putting myself in the operator group? >> Where can I find a description of those groups? >> >> Advice greatly appreciated. >> >> Cheers, >> Laurence. >> >> drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Nov 8 14:29 cdrom >> >> brw-r----- 1 root operator 6, 0 Nov 8 14:13 /dev/cd0a >> brw-r----- 1 root operator 6, 2 Nov 8 14:13 /dev/cd0c >> brw-r----- 1 root operator 6, 16 Nov 8 14:13 /dev/cd1a >> brw-r----- 1 root operator 6, 18 Nov 8 14:13 /dev/cd1c >> crw-r----- 1 root operator 15, 0 Nov 8 14:13 /dev/rcd0a >> crw-r----- 1 root operator 15, 2 Nov 8 14:13 /dev/rcd0c >> crw-r----- 1 root operator 15, 16 Nov 8 14:13 /dev/rcd1a >> crw-r----- 1 root operator 15, 18 Nov 8 14:13 /dev/rcd1c >> >> # $OpenBSD: fbtab.head,v 1.2 1999/05/05 06:56:34 deraadt Exp $ >> # login(1) reads this file to determine which devices should be chown'd to >> # the new user. Format is: >> # login-tty perm device:[device]:... >> /dev/ttyC0 0600 >> >> /dev/console:/dev/wskbd:/dev/wskbd0:/dev/wsmouse:/dev/wsmouse0:/dev/ttyCcfg >> /dev/X0 0600 /dev/wsmouse:/dev/wsmouse0 >> # samples >> #/dev/ttyC0 0600 /dev/fd0 >> /dev/ttyC4 0755 /dev/cd0a:/dev/rcd0c
