The fstab man says that if I put user in the 4th field as a mount option any user can mount the specified device (i.e. cdrom). but when I do this I get "only root can do this". What am I missing here? How do I get this to work? Lance -- Lance Hoffmeyer lance@augustmail.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and governments to gain ground. - Thomas Jefferson