User Privileges

[Andriy Rysin]

John Kebbel wrote:

>My /etc/fstab file reads ...
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>/dev/sdb1	/mnt/memstick	msdos	noauto,user,exec,nodev	0	0
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>for the flash drive, but when I type mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/memstick as
>myself, I get this message ...
>
>mount: only root can do that
>
I guess you should be able to do that as a user with "mount 
/mnt/memstick", 'cause "mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/memstick" is priveleged 
command.

Andriy

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>If I switch to root, or logout and log back in as root, I can type the
>command and access the drive. The same is true for the zip disk, which
>reads in fstab as 
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>/dev/sda4	/mnt/zip	msdos	noauto,user,rw	0	0
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