Re: allow mount to normal user
On Mon, 1 Dec 1997, Adam Klein wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 01, 1997 at 05:02:06PM -0600, Paul Serice wrote:
> > Adam Klein wrote:
> > >
> > > On Mon, Dec 01, 1997 at 12:46:47AM +1100, Anand Kumria wrote:
> > > > On Sun, 30 Nov 1997, Benoit Joly wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > i want to allow normal user to use mount for floppy and cdrom.
> > > > > because i dont want to run apps in root account...
> > > > > what should i do.
> > > >
> > > > One of the options you can specify to mount is the 'user' option which
> > > > allows ordinary users to mount a filesystem. Check 'man 8 mount' for
> > > > further details.
> > > >
> > > > Anand.
> > >
> > > The problem with that is that you can only specify one filesystem type.
> > > I've got this problem two. Is there a solution?
> > >
> >
> > I believe using "auto" as the file type should do the trick.
> >
> >
> > Paul Serice
>
> Nope, that doesn't work.
>
> Adam
>
I use auto, it works fine for me as long as the proper module is
loaded.
One can also put multiple entries in fstab for the same device with
different mount points. This will allow different types of disks to
be mounted without using the auto feature.
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