[CLUE-Tech] User Mount of Encrypted Volumes vi Loopback

[Jed S. Baer]

On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 12:26:47 -0700
"Jed S. Baer" <thag at frii.com> wrote:

> In looking around I found this explanation:
> 
> "mount: only root can do that"
> You have tried to mount a device that is not listed in
> '/etc/fstab' as being mountable by users. Do it as root
> If you need to mount the device more often, it may be a
> good idea to change '/etc/fstab' accordingly

Which actually makes sense, since mount is suid root. File permissions
wouldn't have an effect, by themselves.

> Perhaps I'll have to experiment with the automounter.

Of course, I'll have to answer the question of where the passphrase prompt
goes, and how to respond to that.

jed
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