mount: only root can do that

hi,
I want to give a normal user permission to mount a nfs partition
under one of his/her directory.

So, I set up /etc/fstab like this :

xx.xx.xx.xx:/mnt/inst /home/user1/mount nfs noauto,user 1 2

and checked the permission of /bin/mount and its "-rwsr-sr-x"

When user1 tries to mount the partition and give the command
mount -t nfs xx.xx.xx.xx:/mnt/inst mount , he always get the answer
"mount: only root can do that"

how can i get around with it. please suggest thanks

regards
baruah

On 7 Feb 2006 21:23:37 -0800, (E-Mail Removed) wrote:

>hi,
> I want to give a normal user permission to mount a nfs partition
>under one of his/her directory.
>
>So, I set up /etc/fstab like this :
>
>xx.xx.xx.xx:/mnt/inst /home/user1/mount nfs noauto,user 1 2
>
>and checked the permission of /bin/mount and its "-rwsr-sr-x"
>
>When user1 tries to mount the partition and give the command
> mount -t nfs xx.xx.xx.xx:/mnt/inst mount , he always get the answer
>"mount: only root can do that"

Does the user have permission to write the mountpoint?

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On 2006-02-08, (E-Mail Removed) <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> So, I set up /etc/fstab like this :
>
> xx.xx.xx.xx:/mnt/inst /home/user1/mount nfs noauto,user 1 2
>
> and checked the permission of /bin/mount and its "-rwsr-sr-x"
>
> When user1 tries to mount the partition and give the command
> mount -t nfs xx.xx.xx.xx:/mnt/inst mount , he always get the answer
> "mount: only root can do that"

You should probably not have your user specify -t nfs; he should
do either

mount xx.xx.xx.xx:/mnt/inst

or

mount /home/user1/mount

(note the full path). mount will read fstab and determine the
remaining options. (My guess is you need to specify the exact
same path on your commandline as what's in your fstab to mount
as user--man mount implies, but does not state, this.)

--keith

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Thanks keith. yes, you are right ... just need to give the

mount /home/user1/mount


regards
baruah