mount as non-root for devices not in fstab

redray8 · 08-07-2009, 09:18 AM

Is there any way to use mount/umount as non-root user in a terminal for devices that I don't have an entry set up in fstab?

Thanks in advance!

ray

phenixia2003 · 08-07-2009, 09:58 AM

It Depends of the filesystem. For example, it is possible for FAT volumes using the options gid and umask like below.

mount -o gid=users,umask=007 /dev/xxx /mnt/xxx

hope this help.

vishesh · 08-07-2009, 10:10 AM

Try to user 'nouser' option in /etc/fstab

<drive to mount> <where to mount> <filesystem> defaults,nouser 1 1

Thanks

rworkman · 08-07-2009, 01:43 PM

I don't think comments 2 and 3 understood the question; alternatively, *I* don't understand the question :-)

You probably want pmount or halrv.

botnet · 08-07-2009, 05:15 PM

alias mount="sudo mount"
alias umount="sudo umount"
echo "%wheel ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /bin/mount,/bin/umount" | sudo tee -a /etc/sudoers

This would probably be frowned upon by some, but it works, just change wheel to whatever your users group is.

wadsworth · 08-07-2009, 05:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rworkman

...You probably want pmount or halrv.

I've used pmount, but hadn't heard of halrv. There's a git repo:

Code:

git clone git://github.com/rg3/halrv.git

with a SlackBuild script included. Nice.