1. What is a point node?  Is it the directory off / (/floppy and /cdrom in this
case)?  How can it have multiple owners?  Right now they are owned by root since
that is the account that created them.  Does this mean I have to create /floppy 
and /cdrom for each user?

2. I changed the devices access to rw-rw--- for /fd0a and /cd0a

3. In the man page for sysctl(8) there is no vfs.generic.usermount parameter
listed
Does this mean the parameter does not exist? or is not listes simply.




"David S." wrote:
> 
> >
> > I followed the NetBSD guide and created some /floppy and /cdrom directories
> > off /.  I also added the entries specified in the guide into the fstab file.
> >
> > Root can mount as directed (mount /floppy and mount /cdrom), but any other user
> > can not.  What's missing?
> 
> An examination of the man page for 'mount', which reads
> 
>      In NetBSD, a file system can only be mounted by an ordinary user who owns
>      the point node and has access to the special device (at least read per-
>      missions).  In addition, the vfs.generic.usermount sysctl(3) must be set
>      to 1 to permit file system mounting by ordinary users.  See also
>      sysctl(8).
> 
> David S.
> 
> >
> >

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