allowing non root users to mount

[Lowell Gilbert]

Desmond Lee <desmond.lee at shaw.ca> writes:

> I don't understand how editing /etc/fbtab will help me provide a
> mounting point that is accessible to everyone. I believe that fbtab will
> just set the permissions of the device to whatever is specified in that
> file.

Yes, but it can also set the ownership of the directory.  Users can
only mount onto directories that they own (this is mentioned a number
of times in the FAQ entry, as well as in the manual page for
mount_msdos(8)).