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From: ric@cs.arizona.edu (Ric Anderson)
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Subject: non-priv'ed mounts
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As local SCSI devices get cheaper, more of our faculty are getting them on
their SparcStations.  This is creating a need for non-privileged users to
mount/umount local disks (read/write opticals, CD-ROMs, ...).  We don't
want to give out the root password, nor is making mount/umount "suid" a
viable choice here.

I've seen the floppy tools package which lets users mount/umount floppies.
Is there something equivalent for "hard disks"?

Any ideas appreciated,

Ric Anderson                    Bitnet: Ric@Arizrvax
				Internet: ric@cs.arizona.edu