[ale] user using mount

[David Corbin]

On Sunday 28 May 2006 06:37 am, Keith Hopkins wrote:
> David Corbin wrote:
> > Is there a way to mount an NFS export as "dump user", without having to
> > configure it in fstab?  mount seems to object to this...
>
> `mount` usually requires 'root' unless it is configured properly in
> /etc/fstab, or under an automounter, or under by running mount via `sudo`.

Is there a security justification for this limitation?

> Consider the pam_mount module: http://pam-mount.sourceforge.net/
>

Thanks for the pointer.

> BTW, what do you mean by "dump user"?  A user named "dump"? or the name
> of any user running the `dump` command?   Ci zhi.

Typo.  I mean "dumb user" (i.e., non-privleged).
>
> --
> Jing Li,
>   Keith