New FAQ entry on how to allow users to mount devices.
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<pubdate>$Date: 1999-08-24 19:05:16 $</pubdate>
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<pubdate>$Date: 1999-08-30 05:33:19 $</pubdate>
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<abstract><para> This is the FAQ for FreeBSD systems version 2.X All entries are
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assumed to be relevant to FreeBSD 2.0.5 and later, unless otherwise noted.
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off from processes owned by other users. The userid is also
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used to firewall off on-disk data.</para>
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</answer></qandaentry></qandaset>
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</answer></qandaentry>
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<qandaentry>
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<question>
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<para>How do I let ordinary users mount floppies and other removable
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media?</para>
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</question>
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<answer>
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<para>Ordinary users can be permitted to mount devices. Here is
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how:</para>
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<procedure>
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<step>
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<para>As <username>root</username> assign the appropriate
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permissions to the block device associated with the removable
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media.</para>
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<para>For example, to allow users to mount the first floppy
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drive, use:</para>
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<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>chmod 777 /dev/fd0</userinput></screen>
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</step>
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<step>
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<para>As <username>root</username> set the sysctl variable
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<varname>vfs.usermount</varname> to
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<literal>1</literal>.</para>
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<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>sysctl -w vfs.usermount=1</userinput></screen>
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</step>
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</procedure>
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<para>Users can now mount <filename>/dev/fd0</filename> onto a
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directory that they own:</para>
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<screen>&prompt.user; <userinput> mkdir ~/my-mount-point</userinput>
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&prompt.user; <userinput> mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 ~/my-mount-point</userinput></screen>
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<para>Unmounting the device is simple:</para>
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<screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>umount <filename>~/my-mount-point</filename></userinput></screen>
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<para>Another way to access MSDOS formatted media is to use the
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<ulink
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url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi?query=%5Emtools-&stype=name">mtools</ulink> package in the ports collection.</para>
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</answer>
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</qandaentry>
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</qandaset>
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</chapter>
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<chapter
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</author>
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</authorgroup>
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<pubdate>$Date: 1999-08-24 19:05:16 $</pubdate>
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<pubdate>$Date: 1999-08-30 05:33:19 $</pubdate>
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<abstract><para> This is the FAQ for FreeBSD systems version 2.X All entries are
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assumed to be relevant to FreeBSD 2.0.5 and later, unless otherwise noted.
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@ -4532,7 +4532,56 @@ userid is not the root user, it serves to firewall the process
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off from processes owned by other users. The userid is also
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used to firewall off on-disk data.</para>
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</answer></qandaentry></qandaset>
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</answer></qandaentry>
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<qandaentry>
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<question>
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<para>How do I let ordinary users mount floppies and other removable
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media?</para>
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</question>
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<answer>
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<para>Ordinary users can be permitted to mount devices. Here is
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how:</para>
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<procedure>
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<step>
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<para>As <username>root</username> assign the appropriate
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permissions to the block device associated with the removable
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media.</para>
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<para>For example, to allow users to mount the first floppy
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drive, use:</para>
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<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>chmod 777 /dev/fd0</userinput></screen>
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</step>
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<step>
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<para>As <username>root</username> set the sysctl variable
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<varname>vfs.usermount</varname> to
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<literal>1</literal>.</para>
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<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>sysctl -w vfs.usermount=1</userinput></screen>
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</step>
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</procedure>
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<para>Users can now mount <filename>/dev/fd0</filename> onto a
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directory that they own:</para>
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<screen>&prompt.user; <userinput> mkdir ~/my-mount-point</userinput>
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&prompt.user; <userinput> mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 ~/my-mount-point</userinput></screen>
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<para>Unmounting the device is simple:</para>
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<screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>umount <filename>~/my-mount-point</filename></userinput></screen>
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<para>Another way to access MSDOS formatted media is to use the
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<ulink
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url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi?query=%5Emtools-&stype=name">mtools</ulink> package in the ports collection.</para>
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</answer>
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</qandaentry>
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</qandaset>
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</chapter>
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