Subject: Re: Non-root users mounting a file system?
To: None <current-users@NetBSD.org>
From: Alan Barrett <apb@cequrux.com>
List: current-users
Date: 02/21/2007 08:46:58
On Wed, 21 Feb 2007, Elad Efrat wrote:
> > Is this documented in man page or other official documentation?
>
> yes, rather clearly:
>
> The error ``Operation not permitted'' may indicate that the
> mount options include privileged options and/or don't include
> options that exclude privileged options. One should try using
> at least ``nodev'' and ``nosuid'' in such cases:
>
> mount -t cd9660 -o nodev,nosuid /dev/cd0a /mnt
This change in user-visible behaviour is not documented in
src/doc/CHANGES.
--apb (Alan Barrett)