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[Andrew Langdon-Davies <ald2 AT arrakis.es>]

On Tue, 15 Jul 2003 09:43:35 +1200, <qwms-avib AT dea.spamcon.org> wrote:


> > According to man mount, 'user' allows any user to mount and the same 
> > user to unmount.
>
> That's not what 'man mount' says on my system.  It says: "Only the super- 
> user may mount and unmount filesystems."
> That's from the man2 section.  I see there is a reference to
> a man8 mount, but that is not on my system.  I do remember
> reading about putting user in /etc/fstab to get around this,
> but I have never tried it myself (I always have a root login
> open to do such things).
Aha! I installed the utils packet and now things work as I wanted. The 
reason it matters to me is that I am setting up this system for some people 
who find even Windows complicated. I have to make it as simple as possible 
for them. Now they can mount floppies and cds by clicking on the icons in 
xfm. Just like 'Big Brother'.
Cheers to you and all.
Andrew

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