Re: mountig iso images as normal user
On Mon, Aug 27, 2001 at 05:05:46PM +0200, Sven Garbade wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> is it possible to allow normal users to mount an iso-image (which is in
> the home directory)? Normally this must do root.
>
> Thanks, Sven
>
I do this all the time. Here is how:
Decide in advance the filename that users must use for their CD
image (e.g. /home/xxx/mycd.iso). If users have more than one
file they can rename before mounting.
Also decide in advance where the cds will be mounted (e.g.
/home/xxx/mycd).
Now (as root) edit /etc/fstab to contain lines like (line split
for e-mail)
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
/home/xxx/mycd.iso /home/xxx/mycd iso9660
async,noauto,iocharset=iso8859-1,nodev,
noexec,nosuid,user,ro,conv=binary,loop 0 0
with this in place, users can simply mount and unmount the images.
NOTE: ALL USERS CAN SEE AND MOUNT ALL OTHER USERS CDS with this
method, but it is easy.
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