How do I mount an HFS partition as non-root?

Longman, Bill yellowdog-newbie@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Thu, 14 Aug 2003 15:27:25 -0700


> Friends:
> 
> I want to be able to access my HFS partition on my PowerBook from a 
> user account rather than as root. Preferably, I would like to see the 
> partition in the Konquerer file browser so that I can move 
> files using 
> drag-and-drop. Is there a way to mount the HFS partition in my user 
> account? (This must be a frequently asked question, but I have not 
> found anything on the YDL site.)


All you have to do is put "user" in the options field in your fstab file for
this entry, Clint. Then you can just give the mount command for it and it
will do its magic.

Bill