> This still doesn't entirely
Oops. I didn't finish that thought again after the vi -r.
I meant to say that even with a modifed kernel mount() call, there
are difficulties getting all of the configuration possibities into
the kernel propper. (Mount Options, What FS types to try, etc).
- Ste
On Fri, Sep 03, 1999 at 03:01:26AM +0800, adr...@freebsd.org wrote:
> > The user would still have to know what type of filesystem is on
> > the volume. My code tries filesystem types from a list, one by
> > one, so the same command or desktop icon will mount a FAT, UFS, or
> > EXT2FS floppy, for
> This still doesn't entirely
Oops. I didn't finish that thought again after the vi -r.
I meant to say that even with a modifed kernel mount() call, there
are difficulties getting all of the configuration possibities into
the kernel propper. (Mount Options, What FS types to try, etc).
- St
On Fri, Sep 03, 1999 at 03:01:26AM +0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > The user would still have to know what type of filesystem is on
> > the volume. My code tries filesystem types from a list, one by
> > one, so the same command or desktop icon will mount a FAT, UFS, or
> > EXT2FS floppy, for
> The user would still have to know what type of filesystem is on
> the volume. My code tries filesystem types from a list, one by
> one, so the same command or desktop icon will mount a FAT, UFS, or
> EXT2FS floppy, for example. The system administrator can also
> specify default mount options
> On Thu, Sep 02, 1999, Andrew J. Korty wrote:
>
> > > > You realise that this kind of stuff can be done in kernelspace,
> > > > without needing yet another setuid binary/binaries..
> > >
> > > Well, sysctl with list of pathes for user mounts looks good.
> > > Configuration is simple and can be
> The user would still have to know what type of filesystem is on
> the volume. My code tries filesystem types from a list, one by
> one, so the same command or desktop icon will mount a FAT, UFS, or
> EXT2FS floppy, for example. The system administrator can also
> specify default mount options
> On Thu, Sep 02, 1999, Andrew J. Korty wrote:
>
> > > > You realise that this kind of stuff can be done in kernelspace,
> > > > without needing yet another setuid binary/binaries..
> > >
> > > Well, sysctl with list of pathes for user mounts looks good.
> > > Configuration is simple and can b
On Fri, 3 Sep 1999 adr...@freebsd.org wrote:
:Then all you need to do is think of a sane way to chown console devices
:(floppy, cdrom, etc..) to the user when they login? Perhaps an extension
:to login/xdm/whatever kde uses ?
You can do this in /etc/fbtab. You already chown the console for X
log
On Thu, Sep 02, 1999, Andrew J. Korty wrote:
> > > You realise that this kind of stuff can be done in kernelspace,
> > > without needing yet another setuid binary/binaries..
> >
> > Well, sysctl with list of pathes for user mounts looks good.
> > Configuration is simple and can be easliy chan
> On Wed, 1 Sep 1999 adr...@freebsd.org wrote:
>
> > On Tue, Aug 31, 1999, Doug Rabson wrote:
> > > On Mon, 30 Aug 1999, Andrew J. Korty wrote:
> > >
> > > > I provided a solution via send-pr (bin/11031) over four months ago,
> > > > which is, in my opinion, superior in many ways to this sysctl
>
On Fri, 3 Sep 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
:Then all you need to do is think of a sane way to chown console devices
:(floppy, cdrom, etc..) to the user when they login? Perhaps an extension
:to login/xdm/whatever kde uses ?
You can do this in /etc/fbtab. You already chown the console for X
log
On Thu, Sep 02, 1999, Andrew J. Korty wrote:
> > > You realise that this kind of stuff can be done in kernelspace,
> > > without needing yet another setuid binary/binaries..
> >
> > Well, sysctl with list of pathes for user mounts looks good.
> > Configuration is simple and can be easliy cha
> On Wed, 1 Sep 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > On Tue, Aug 31, 1999, Doug Rabson wrote:
> > > On Mon, 30 Aug 1999, Andrew J. Korty wrote:
> > >
> > > > I provided a solution via send-pr (bin/11031) over four months ago,
> > > > which is, in my opinion, superior in many ways to this sysctl
>
On Thu, Sep 02, 1999, Boris Popov wrote:
> > without needing yet another setuid binary/binaries..
>
> Well, sysctl with list of pathes for user mounts looks good.
> Configuration is simple and can be easliy changed at runtime. It is
> always better to avoid setuid'ed binaries, this is more
On Wed, 1 Sep 1999 adr...@freebsd.org wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 31, 1999, Doug Rabson wrote:
> > On Mon, 30 Aug 1999, Andrew J. Korty wrote:
> >
> > > I provided a solution via send-pr (bin/11031) over four months ago,
> > > which is, in my opinion, superior in many ways to this sysctl
> > > approach.
On Thu, Sep 02, 1999, Boris Popov wrote:
> > without needing yet another setuid binary/binaries..
>
> Well, sysctl with list of pathes for user mounts looks good.
> Configuration is simple and can be easliy changed at runtime. It is
> always better to avoid setuid'ed binaries, this is more
On Wed, 1 Sep 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 31, 1999, Doug Rabson wrote:
> > On Mon, 30 Aug 1999, Andrew J. Korty wrote:
> >
> > > I provided a solution via send-pr (bin/11031) over four months ago,
> > > which is, in my opinion, superior in many ways to this sysctl
> > > approach.
so where re you at the moment?
julian
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>
>
>
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On Tue, Aug 31, 1999, Doug Rabson wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Aug 1999, Andrew J. Korty wrote:
>
> > > I suppose there already was a rather lengthy discussion about a
> > > "user"-option
> > > .
> > > I hope this sysctl-thing will make it into the mount-manpage, because if
> > > not,
> > > it might turn
On Tue, Aug 31, 1999, Doug Rabson wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Aug 1999, Andrew J. Korty wrote:
>
> > > I suppose there already was a rather lengthy discussion about a "user"-option
> > > .
> > > I hope this sysctl-thing will make it into the mount-manpage, because if not,
> > > it might turn out to be a
On Mon, 30 Aug 1999, Andrew J. Korty wrote:
> > I suppose there already was a rather lengthy discussion about a
> > "user"-option
> > .
> > I hope this sysctl-thing will make it into the mount-manpage, because if
> > not,
> > it might turn out to be a really FAQ :)
> > --
> > Volker Stolz * st.
On Mon, 30 Aug 1999, Andrew J. Korty wrote:
> > I suppose there already was a rather lengthy discussion about a "user"-option
> > .
> > I hope this sysctl-thing will make it into the mount-manpage, because if not,
> > it might turn out to be a really FAQ :)
> > --
> > Volker Stolz * [EMAIL PROTE
> I suppose there already was a rather lengthy discussion about a "user"-option
> .
> I hope this sysctl-thing will make it into the mount-manpage, because if not,
> it might turn out to be a really FAQ :)
> --
> Volker Stolz * st...@pool.informatik.rwth-aachen.de * PGP
I provided a solution via
> I suppose there already was a rather lengthy discussion about a "user"-option
> .
> I hope this sysctl-thing will make it into the mount-manpage, because if not,
> it might turn out to be a really FAQ :)
> --
> Volker Stolz * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * PGP
I provided a solution via send-pr (bin/11031
I suppose there already was a rather lengthy discussion about a "user"-option.
I hope this sysctl-thing will make it into the mount-manpage, because if not,
it might turn out to be a really FAQ :)
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I hope this sysctl-thing will make it into the mount-manpage, because if not,
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In message <1999083324.a29...@tsunami.waterspout.com> "C. Stephen Gunn"
writes:
: The above patches weren't written by me, but by a co-worker of
: mine. It allows for a termcap-like configuration file /etc/mountcap
: that allows you to specify a mountpoint/device, options, and filesystem
: fo
On Sun, 29 Aug 1999, Warner Losh wrote:
> In message
> "Chris D. Faulhaber" writes:
> : Maybe it's just me, but I think you are confusing this with
> : {Net|Open}BSD. /etc/rc.sysctl does not exist in FreeBSD.
>
> rc.sysctl does too. I added it.
>
Excellent. That will be a nice feature to h
On Sun, Aug 29, 1999 at 10:47:05PM -0600, Warner Losh wrote:
> As the committer of this feature, I've just sent mail to jkh asking
> for permission.
How does this change relate to bin/11031?
The above patches weren't written by me, but by a co-worker of
mine. It allows for a termcap-like config
> 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.
> You can allow non-root users to mount and unmount devices if
> the sysctl varia
In message Kris
Kennaway writes:
: Could someone do this before 3.3? It's useful functionality.
As the committer of this feature, I've just sent mail to jkh asking
for permission.
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In message
"Chris D. Faulhaber" writes:
: Maybe it's just me, but I think you are confusing this with
: {Net|Open}BSD. /etc/rc.sysctl does not exist in FreeBSD.
rc.sysctl does too. I added it.
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In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "C. Stephen Gunn" writes:
: The above patches weren't written by me, but by a co-worker of
: mine. It allows for a termcap-like configuration file /etc/mountcap
: that allows you to specify a mountpoint/device, options, and filesystem
: formats to try.
Doesn't. I'
On Sun, Aug 29, 1999 at 10:47:05PM -0600, Warner Losh wrote:
> As the committer of this feature, I've just sent mail to jkh asking
> for permission.
How does this change relate to bin/11031?
The above patches weren't written by me, but by a co-worker of
mine. It allows for a termcap-like confi
On Sun, 29 Aug 1999, Warner Losh wrote:
> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Chris
>D. Faulhaber" writes:
> : Maybe it's just me, but I think you are confusing this with
> : {Net|Open}BSD. /etc/rc.sysctl does not exist in FreeBSD.
>
> rc.sysctl does too. I added it.
>
Excellent. That will be
> 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.
> You can allow non-root users to mount and unmount devices if
> the sysctl vari
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Kris Kennaway
writes:
: Could someone do this before 3.3? It's useful functionality.
As the committer of this feature, I've just sent mail to jkh asking
for permission.
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In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Chris D.
Faulhaber" writes:
: Maybe it's just me, but I think you are confusing this with
: {Net|Open}BSD. /etc/rc.sysctl does not exist in FreeBSD.
rc.sysctl does too. I added it.
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Quoting Chris D. Faulhaber (jed...@fxp.org):
> On Sun, 29 Aug 1999, Chris Piazza wrote:
>
> > On Sun, Aug 29, 1999 at 06:30:35PM -0400, Chris D. Faulhaber wrote:
> > > On Sun, 29 Aug 1999, Natty Rebel wrote:
> > >
> > > > This procedure can be automated by entering the following command
> > > > i
Quoting Chris D. Faulhaber ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> On Sun, 29 Aug 1999, Chris Piazza wrote:
>
> > On Sun, Aug 29, 1999 at 06:30:35PM -0400, Chris D. Faulhaber wrote:
> > > On Sun, 29 Aug 1999, Natty Rebel wrote:
> > >
> > > > This procedure can be automated by entering the following command
> > >
On Mon, 30 Aug 1999, Alban Hertroys wrote:
> I have seen this line a lot lately. It isn't in FreeBSD 3.2-STABLE, is
> it? My /usr/src/sbin/mount/mount.c says:
>
> /*
> * If the mount was successfully, and done by root, tell mountd the
> * good news. Pid checks are proba
On Sun, 29 Aug 1999, Chris Piazza wrote:
> # set sysctl variables early as we can
> if [ -f /etc/rc.sysctl ]; then
> . /etc/rc.sysctl
> fi
>
> Mind you it doesn't look like it was merged into releng_3
Could someone do this before 3.3? It's useful functionality.
Kris
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On Sun, 29 Aug 1999, Chris Piazza wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 29, 1999 at 06:30:35PM -0400, Chris D. Faulhaber wrote:
> > On Sun, 29 Aug 1999, Natty Rebel wrote:
> >
> > > This procedure can be automated by entering the following command
> > > in /etc/rc.sysctl
> > > sysctl -w vfs.usermount=1
> > >
>
On 29 Aug, Chris Piazza wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 29, 1999 at 06:30:35PM -0400, Chris D. Faulhaber wrote:
>> On Sun, 29 Aug 1999, Natty Rebel wrote:
>>
>> > This procedure can be automated by entering the following command
>> > in /etc/rc.sysctl
>> >sysctl -w vfs.usermount=1
I have seen this line
On Sun, Aug 29, 1999 at 06:30:35PM -0400, Chris D. Faulhaber wrote:
> On Sun, 29 Aug 1999, Natty Rebel wrote:
>
> > 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
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/umou
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 al
On Mon, 30 Aug 1999, Alban Hertroys wrote:
> I have seen this line a lot lately. It isn't in FreeBSD 3.2-STABLE, is
> it? My /usr/src/sbin/mount/mount.c says:
>
> /*
> * If the mount was successfully, and done by root, tell mountd the
> * good news. Pid checks are prob
On Sun, 29 Aug 1999, Chris Piazza wrote:
> # set sysctl variables early as we can
> if [ -f /etc/rc.sysctl ]; then
> . /etc/rc.sysctl
> fi
>
> Mind you it doesn't look like it was merged into releng_3
Could someone do this before 3.3? It's useful functionality.
Kris
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On Sun, 29 Aug 1999, Chris Piazza wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 29, 1999 at 06:30:35PM -0400, Chris D. Faulhaber wrote:
> > On Sun, 29 Aug 1999, Natty Rebel wrote:
> >
> > > This procedure can be automated by entering the following command
> > > in /etc/rc.sysctl
> > > sysctl -w vfs.usermount=1
> > >
On 29 Aug, Chris Piazza wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 29, 1999 at 06:30:35PM -0400, Chris D. Faulhaber wrote:
>> On Sun, 29 Aug 1999, Natty Rebel wrote:
>>
>> > This procedure can be automated by entering the following command
>> > in /etc/rc.sysctl
>> >sysctl -w vfs.usermount=1
I have seen this line
On Sun, Aug 29, 1999 at 06:30:35PM -0400, Chris D. Faulhaber wrote:
> On Sun, 29 Aug 1999, Natty Rebel wrote:
>
> > 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
On Sun, 29 Aug 1999, Natty Rebel wrote:
> Quoting JK3 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> >
> > 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
Quoting JK3 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
>
> 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 allo
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
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
th
Hi,
I whacked mount and umount into shape for using an option "user" in
/etc/fstab which allows normal users to mount/umount devices.
Both programs have to be set-uid-root.
I´d like that someone reviews the patches (and includes them :).
The diffs are at
http://www-i2.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/~sto
Hi,
I whacked mount and umount into shape for using an option "user" in
/etc/fstab which allows normal users to mount/umount devices.
Both programs have to be set-uid-root.
I´d like that someone reviews the patches (and includes them :).
The diffs are at
http://www-i2.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/~st
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