Re: How to make mount command mount partions as user not only as root ?

=SERGE= staggered into the Black Sun and said:
I'd be grateful if you'd explain [to] me [how to] get [the] mount
command to mount partions as user not only as root (w/o fstab)

Wait. What do you mean "without fstab"? The whole *point* of the
"user" and "users" keywords in fstab is to allow users to mount and
umount certain filesystems. They invented a good way to do this many
years ago. Use that way, or post a good explanation of why it won't
work for you.

mount -t vfat /dev/hda4 /mnt/hda4
'Only root can do that'

Only root is allowed to pass parameters to mount. Non-root users can do
"mount $DEVICE" or "mount $MOUNT_POINT", that's all. If a user could
override fstab-supplied parameters, that user could mount a removable
medium that had writable device nodes or arbitrary SUID-root programs on
it. This is a huge security hole, so users are not allowed to pass
parameters.

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