[ltp] Two Questions from me.

Harald Milz linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
Fri, 29 Oct 1999 18:48:49 +0200 (CEST)


In article <000001bf216c$e25b92e0$163ce1cf@easystreet.com>, Scott Dixon <scott@metaphorics.com> wrote:
> The automounter is a good way to go.  Another useful possibility is to use the
> "user" option in /etc/fstab.  For example:

> /dev/hda6		/mnt/d			    vfat   noauto,user

> This option allows normal users (i.e. not root), to mount this device (mount
> /mnt/d).  The noauto is probably also a good idea so that the devices isn't
> automatically mounted at startup.

Yes but this requires mount to be suid root. I personally don't like that. 

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