Re: Bug or feature?

[H C Lai <eeshcl@ee.bath.ac.uk>]

> If I understand correctly, as soon as I set the 'user' flag in /etc/fstab,
> any user can mount/unmount a partition. But - why can't I use 'mount
> -atnfs' when all nfs partitions have the user flag set (error message is
> 'mount: only root can do that')?
> 
>   Benedikt

I suspect you also need mount permission from the nfs hosts.
Otherwise, IMHO, this would be a very handy trick to hack into other
perople's computers ??

H.C.Lai


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