mounting loopback as non-root user
From: Rob Benton (rob.benton_at_conwaycorp.net)
Date: 12/30/03
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To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 12:09:37 -0600
I guess I've never payed much attention to this until today but you have
to be root to mount with the -o loop option. At least on my machine I
do. Mount has the suid bit set. Is there some way I can allow non-root
users to mount loop devices?
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